diff --git a/packages/sysutils/squashfs-tools/patches/squashfs-tools-4.4-fno-common.patch b/packages/sysutils/squashfs-tools/patches/squashfs-tools-4.4-fno-common.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfbf42abb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/squashfs-tools/patches/squashfs-tools-4.4-fno-common.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.h
++++ b/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.h
+@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct append_file {
+ #endif
+ 
+ extern struct cache *reader_buffer, *fragment_buffer, *reserve_cache;
+-struct cache *bwriter_buffer, *fwriter_buffer;
++extern struct cache *bwriter_buffer, *fwriter_buffer;
+ extern struct queue *to_reader, *to_deflate, *to_writer, *from_writer,
+ 	*to_frag, *locked_fragment, *to_process_frag;
+ extern struct append_file **file_mapping;