diff --git a/packages/network/libshairplay/patches/libshairplay-fixipv4ipv6race.patch b/packages/network/libshairplay/patches/libshairplay-fixipv4ipv6race.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4580d3cf7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/libshairplay/patches/libshairplay-fixipv4ipv6race.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From ac9240fa569df5a10d534a4cd45740a44ee00f63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Juho=20V=C3=A4h=C3=A4-Herttua?= <juhovh@iki.fi>
+Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:35:29 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix #23 on issue tracker.
+
+There is a race condition if IPv4 and IPv6 connections come at the same time.
+---
+ src/lib/httpd.c | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/lib/httpd.c b/src/lib/httpd.c
+index 1d9e7e2..f081c5e 100644
+--- a/src/lib/httpd.c
++++ b/src/lib/httpd.c
+@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ struct httpd_s {
+ 				continue;
+ 			}
+ 		}
+-		if (httpd->server_fd6 != -1 && FD_ISSET(httpd->server_fd6, &rfds)) {
++		if (httpd->open_connections < httpd->max_connections &&
++		    httpd->server_fd6 != -1 && FD_ISSET(httpd->server_fd6, &rfds)) {
+ 			ret = httpd_accept_connection(httpd, httpd->server_fd6, 1);
+ 			if (ret == -1) {
+ 				break;
+-- 
+1.8.5.5
+