diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-epoll-fix.patch b/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-epoll-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a808410d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-epoll-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -Naur systemd-209/src/journal/journald-server.c systemd-209.patch/src/journal/journald-server.c
+--- systemd-209/src/journal/journald-server.c	2014-02-20 00:03:09.000000000 +0100
++++ systemd-209.patch/src/journal/journald-server.c	2014-02-21 16:41:49.152296403 +0100
+@@ -1430,6 +1430,14 @@
+ 
+         r = sd_event_add_io(s->event, &s->hostname_event_source, s->hostname_fd, 0, dispatch_hostname_change, s);
+         if (r < 0) {
++                /* kernels prior to 3.2 don't support polling this file.
++                 * quietly ignore the failure. */
++                if (r == -EPERM) {
++                        close_nointr_nofail(s->hostname_fd);
++                        s->hostname_fd = -1;
++                        return 0;
++                }
++
+                 log_error("Failed to register hostname fd in event loop: %s", strerror(-r));
+                 return r;
+         }