diff --git a/packages/sysutils/squashfs/patches/fix-compilation-issue.patch b/packages/sysutils/squashfs/patches/fix-compilation-issue.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b50a51fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/squashfs/patches/fix-compilation-issue.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Nur a/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c b/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c
+--- a/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c	2017-11-14 04:44:47.000000000 +0100
++++ b/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c	2018-08-22 16:52:17.386482046 +0200
+@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stddef.h>
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>