diff --git a/packages/devel/libirman/patches/libirman-0001-fix-poll-include.patch b/packages/devel/libirman/patches/libirman-0001-fix-poll-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5005724349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/libirman/patches/libirman-0001-fix-poll-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -Naur a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
+--- a/config.h.in	2016-05-18 18:19:56.000000000 +0200
++++ b/config.h.in	2016-12-26 22:49:43.514203152 +0100
+@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
+ /* Define to 1 if you have the `mkfifo' function. */
+ #undef HAVE_MKFIFO
+ 
++/* defined if poll.h is available */
++#undef HAVE_POLL_H
++
+ /* Define to 1 if you have the `select' function. */
+ #undef HAVE_SELECT
+ 
+@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@
+ /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/file.h> header file. */
+ #undef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
+ 
++/* defined if sys/poll.h is available */
++#undef HAVE_SYS_POLL_H
++
+ /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/stat.h> header file. */
+ #undef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
+ 
+diff -Naur a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+--- a/configure.ac	2016-05-18 18:19:41.000000000 +0200
++++ b/configure.ac	2016-12-26 22:48:40.190031280 +0100
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ 
+ dnl Checks for header files.
+ AC_HEADER_STDC
+-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fcntl.h sys/time.h unistd.h termios.h memory.hi sys/file.h)
++AC_CHECK_HEADERS(fcntl.h sys/time.h unistd.h termios.h memory.hi sys/file.h poll.h sys/poll.h)
+ 
+ dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+ AC_TYPE_PID_T