diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-bk/patches/libretro-bk-0001-recast-assignment.patch b/packages/emulation/libretro-bk/patches/libretro-bk-0001-recast-assignment.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b851ad145c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-bk/patches/libretro-bk-0001-recast-assignment.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From f686a53014a7670344540090e3da4f7be2301a4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
+Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 15:42:29 +1000
+Subject: [PATCH] Recast to target type
+
+---
+ libretro.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libretro.c b/libretro.c
+index db5ad34..6ec89de 100644
+--- a/libretro.c
++++ b/libretro.c
+@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ void platform_disk_init(disk_t *disks) {
+ 		if (disk_size[i]) {
+ 			disks[i].length = disk_size[i];
+ 			disks[i].ro = 0;
+-			disks[i].image = diskptr;
++			disks[i].image = (short unsigned int *)diskptr;
+ 		} else {
+ 			disks[i].length = 0;
+ 			disks[i].ro = 0;