diff --git a/package/snort/0006-Fix-compile-error-when-building-against-uclibc-or-mu.patch b/package/snort/0006-Fix-compile-error-when-building-against-uclibc-or-mu.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce9d5526c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/snort/0006-Fix-compile-error-when-building-against-uclibc-or-mu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From dc2f54097da3cd493b8f4d06a14ef40be484d24f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
+Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:02:08 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix compile error when building against uclibc or musl
+
+The build fails when dereferencing the rpcent structure with uclibc or musl C libraries.
+
+../../../src/dynamic-preprocessors/appid/service_plugins/service_rpc.c:241:20:
+error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type ‘struct rpcent’
+             if (rpc->r_name)
+
+That's because rpc.h should be included when using these C libraries.
+
+Signed-off-by: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
+---
+ src/dynamic-preprocessors/appid/service_plugins/service_rpc.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/dynamic-preprocessors/appid/service_plugins/service_rpc.c b/src/dynamic-preprocessors/appid/service_plugins/service_rpc.c
+index 81bc8a5db8ab..2e45246083a8 100644
+--- a/src/dynamic-preprocessors/appid/service_plugins/service_rpc.c
++++ b/src/dynamic-preprocessors/appid/service_plugins/service_rpc.c
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ #include "flow.h"
+ #include "service_api.h"
+ 
+-#if defined(FREEBSD) || defined(OPENBSD)
++#if defined(FREEBSD) || defined(OPENBSD) || (defined(LINUX) && defined(__UCLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC_HAS_RPC__) || !defined(__GLIBC__))
+ #include "rpc/rpc.h"
+ #endif
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/package/snort/snort.mk b/package/snort/snort.mk
index 30de02b3a8..c767d7c545 100644
--- a/package/snort/snort.mk
+++ b/package/snort/snort.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ SNORT_CFLAGS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --cflags libtirpc`
 SNORT_LIBS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libtirpc`
 endif
 
+# luajit and openssl should be enabled to build with
+# OpenAppID support
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),yy)
+SNORT_DEPENDENCIES += luajit openssl
+SNORT_CONF_OPTS += --enable-open-appid
+else
+SNORT_CONF_OPTS += --disable-open-appid
+endif
+
 SNORT_CONF_ENV = \
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(SNORT_CFLAGS)" \
 	LIBS="$(SNORT_LIBS)" \