diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-03-make_unicode_printable.patch b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-03-make_unicode_printable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec7354f6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-03-make_unicode_printable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#
+# stolen from OpenWRT
+#
+# https://dev.openwrt.org/attachment/ticket/7993/701-make_unicode_printable.patch
+#
+
+--- a/libbb/printable_string.c	2013-01-13 20:06:04.210089516 +0800
++++ b/libbb/printable_string.c	2013-01-13 20:00:27.917211167 +0800
+@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
+ 		}
+ 		if (c < ' ')
+ 			break;
+-		if (c >= 0x7f)
+-			break;
+ 		s++;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@
+ 			unsigned char c = *d;
+ 			if (c == '\0')
+ 				break;
+-			if (c < ' ' || c >= 0x7f)
++			if (c < ' ')
+ 				*d = '?';
+ 			d++;
+ 		}