diff --git a/scripts/unpack b/scripts/unpack
index 8c81a21049..842623856c 100755
--- a/scripts/unpack
+++ b/scripts/unpack
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ for i in $PKG_DIR/patches/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION*.patch ; do
   fi
 done
 
+for i in $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/patches/$PKG_NAME/*.patch ; do
+  if [ -f "$i" ]; then
+    PATCH=`basename $i`
+    PT=`echo $PATCH | sed 's/.*\.\(.*\)$/\1/'`
+    if [ "$PT" != "patch" -a "$PT" != "$TARGET_ARCH" ]; then
+      printf "%${BUILD_INDENT}c SKIP PROJECT PATCH:   $i\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+      continue;
+    else
+      printf "%${BUILD_INDENT}c APPLY PROJECT PATCH:   $i\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
+      cat $i | patch -d `echo "$PKG_BUILD" | cut -f1 -d\ ` -p1 >&$VERBOSE_OUT
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+
 [ -f "$PKG_DIR/unpack" ] && $PKG_DIR/unpack $@ >&$VERBOSE_OUT
 
 for config in `find $BUILD/$1* -name config.guess | sed 's/config.guess//'`; do