diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/uClibc/patches/uClibc-add_timerfd.diff b/packages/toolchain/devel/uClibc/patches/uClibc-add_timerfd.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8500bf4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/uClibc/patches/uClibc-add_timerfd.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+diff -Naur uClibc-20090917/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/Makefile.in uClibc-20090917.patch/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/Makefile.in
+--- uClibc-20090917/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/Makefile.in	2009-09-16 10:00:56.000000000 +0200
++++ uClibc-20090917.patch/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/Makefile.in	2009-09-18 02:05:04.000000000 +0200
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ 	remap_file_pages.c sched_getaffinity.c sched_setaffinity.c \
+ 	sendfile64.c sendfile.c setfsgid.c setfsuid.c setresuid.c \
+ 	splice.c vmsplice.c tee.c signalfd.c swapoff.c swapon.c \
+-	sync_file_range.c sysctl.c sysinfo.c uselib.c vhangup.c,$(CSRC))
++	sync_file_range.c sysctl.c sysinfo.c timerfd.c uselib.c vhangup.c,$(CSRC))
+ endif
+ 
+ ifneq ($(UCLIBC_BSD_SPECIFIC),y)
+diff -Naur uClibc-20090917/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/sys/timerfd.h uClibc-20090917.patch/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/sys/timerfd.h
+--- uClibc-20090917/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/sys/timerfd.h	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ uClibc-20090917.patch/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/sys/timerfd.h	2008-07-25 06:51:44.000000000 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
++/* Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
++   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
++
++   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
++   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
++   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
++   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
++
++   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
++   Lesser General Public License for more details.
++
++   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
++   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
++   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
++   02111-1307 USA.  */
++
++#ifndef	_SYS_TIMERFD_H
++#define	_SYS_TIMERFD_H	1
++
++#include <time.h>
++
++
++/* Bits to be set in the FLAGS parameter of `timerfd_create'.  */
++enum
++  {
++    TFD_CLOEXEC = 02000000,
++#define TFD_CLOEXEC TFD_CLOEXEC
++    TFD_NONBLOCK = 04000
++#define TFD_NONBLOCK TFD_NONBLOCK
++  };
++
++
++/* Bits to be set in the FLAGS parameter of `timerfd_settime'.  */
++enum
++  {
++    TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME = 1 << 0
++#define TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME
++  };
++
++
++__BEGIN_DECLS
++
++/* Return file descriptor for new interval timer source.  */
++extern int timerfd_create (clockid_t __clock_id, int __flags) __THROW;
++
++/* Set next expiration time of interval timer source UFD to UTMR.  If
++   FLAGS has the TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME flag set the timeout value is
++   absolute.  Optionally return the old expiration time in OTMR.  */
++extern int timerfd_settime (int __ufd, int __flags,
++			    __const struct itimerspec *__utmr,
++			    struct itimerspec *__otmr) __THROW;
++
++/* Return the next expiration time of UFD.  */
++extern int timerfd_gettime (int __ufd, struct itimerspec *__otmr) __THROW;
++
++__END_DECLS
++
++#endif /* sys/timerfd.h */
+diff -Naur uClibc-20090917/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/timerfd.c uClibc-20090917.patch/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/timerfd.c
+--- uClibc-20090917/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/timerfd.c	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ uClibc-20090917.patch/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/timerfd.c	2009-09-18 02:56:08.000000000 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
++/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
++/*
++ * timerfd_create() / timerfd_settime() / timerfd_gettime() for uClibc
++ *
++ * Copyright (C) 2009 Stephan Raue <stephan@openelec.tv>
++ *
++ * Licensed under the LGPL v2.1, see the file COPYING.LIB in this tarball.
++ */
++
++#include <sys/syscall.h>
++#include <sys/timerfd.h>
++
++/*
++ * timerfd_create()
++ */
++#ifdef __NR_timerfd_create
++_syscall2(int, timerfd_create, int, clockid, int, flags)
++#endif
++
++/*
++ * timerfd_settime()
++ */
++#ifdef __NR_timerfd_settime
++_syscall4(int,timerfd_settime, int, ufd, int, flags, const struct itimerspec *, utmr, struct itimerspec *, otmr)
++#endif
++
++/*
++ * timerfd_gettime()
++ */
++#ifdef __NR_timerfd_gettime
++_syscall2(int, timerfd_gettime, int, ufd, struct itimerspec *, otmr)
++#endif