diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/patches/RTL8188EU-kernel-4.0.patch b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/patches/RTL8188EU-kernel-4.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..937916d45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/patches/RTL8188EU-kernel-4.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -Naur RTL8188EU-fcc9034/os_dep/rtw_android.c RTL8188EU-fcc9034.patch/os_dep/rtw_android.c
+--- RTL8188EU-fcc9034/os_dep/rtw_android.c	2014-03-25 15:05:52.000000000 +0100
++++ RTL8188EU-fcc9034.patch/os_dep/rtw_android.c	2015-04-04 20:44:25.386732963 +0200
+@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <linux/module.h>
+ #include <linux/netdevice.h>
++#include <linux/version.h>
+ 
+ #include <rtw_android.h>
+ #include <osdep_service.h>
+@@ -80,8 +81,13 @@
+ {
+ 	int cmd_num;
+ 	for (cmd_num = 0; cmd_num < ANDROID_WIFI_CMD_MAX; cmd_num++)
++#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 0, 0))
++		if (!strncasecmp(cmdstr , android_wifi_cmd_str[cmd_num],
++				  strlen(android_wifi_cmd_str[cmd_num])))
++#else
+ 		if (0 == strnicmp(cmdstr , android_wifi_cmd_str[cmd_num],
+ 				  strlen(android_wifi_cmd_str[cmd_num])))
++#endif
+ 			break;
+ 	return cmd_num;
+ }