diff --git a/packages/tools/populatefs/patches/fix-compilation-issue.patch b/packages/tools/populatefs/patches/fix-compilation-issue.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9b360ccae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/populatefs/patches/fix-compilation-issue.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Nur a/src/mod_path.c b/src/mod_path.c
+--- a/src/mod_path.c	2016-02-24 04:15:10.000000000 +0100
++++ b/src/mod_path.c	2018-08-22 16:58:11.884462070 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>