diff --git a/projects/imx6/patches/alsa-lib/alsa-lib-enable_imx_passthrough_over_spdif_old_kernel.patch b/projects/imx6/patches/alsa-lib/alsa-lib-enable_imx_passthrough_over_spdif_old_kernel.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72b905d1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/imx6/patches/alsa-lib/alsa-lib-enable_imx_passthrough_over_spdif_old_kernel.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/src/conf/cards/aliases.conf b/src/conf/cards/aliases.conf
+--- a/src/conf/cards/aliases.conf 2016-07-20 20:57:09.510009951 +0200
++++ b/src/conf/cards/aliases.conf 2016-07-20 20:57:41.757691480 +0200
+@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
+ AV200 cards.CMI8788
+ CMI8786 cards.CMI8788
+ CMI8787 cards.CMI8788
++'On-board_SPDIF' cards.imx-spdif
++'Integrated_SPDI' cards.imx-spdif
+
+ <confdir:pcm/default.conf>
+ <confdir:pcm/dmix.conf>