diff --git a/packages/tools/atv-bootloader/patches/atv-bootloader-r518-allow_build_without_initrd-0.1.patch b/packages/tools/atv-bootloader/patches/atv-bootloader-r518-allow_build_without_initrd-0.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f36755a91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/atv-bootloader/patches/atv-bootloader-r518-allow_build_without_initrd-0.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur atv-bootloader-r518/Makefile atv-bootloader-r518.patch/Makefile
+--- atv-bootloader-r518/Makefile	2010-03-09 20:17:22.000000000 +0100
++++ atv-bootloader-r518.patch/Makefile	2011-05-21 15:26:26.509551389 +0200
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ # start.o must be 1st in the link order (ld below)
+ OBJ	= start.o vsprintf.o console.o utils.o elilo_code.o darwin_code.o linux_code.o boot_loader.o
+ 
+-KERN_OBJ= vmlinuz.obj initrd.obj
++KERN_OBJ:= vmlinuz.obj initrd.obj
+ 
+ mach_kernel: $(KERN_OBJ) $(OBJ)
+ 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -arch $(ARCH) -o mach_kernel $(OBJ) $(KERN_OBJ) \