diff --git a/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-001-PR2-fix-gcc7.patch b/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-001-PR2-fix-gcc7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96546cc4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-001-PR2-fix-gcc7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From aae3b1193025ccec332da4165d46502f9685aea4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Sascha Kuehndel (InuSasha)" <dev@inusasha.de>
+Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 16:08:14 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] make fallthru explicit, fixes compile error in gcc7
+
+---
+ src/main.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
+index f6c50fa..d0fb25a 100644
+--- a/src/main.c
++++ b/src/main.c
+@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
+                 {
+                     syslog(LOG_WARNING, "the highest verbosity level is -vvv\n");
+                 }
++                /* FALLTHRU */
+             case 'f':
+                 foreground = true;
+                 break;