diff --git a/package/ltp-testsuite/0002-statx-fix-compile-errors.patch b/package/ltp-testsuite/0002-statx-fix-compile-errors.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ddd2c9054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ltp-testsuite/0002-statx-fix-compile-errors.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From a945304b6a2286d0665c70250cc5475eb07fd21e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
+Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:15:45 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] statx: fix compile errors
+
+struct statx is only defined in sys/stat.h when _GNU_SOURCE is defined.
+The testcases do define _GNU_SOURCE, but not the m4 struct check.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
+Acked-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
+---
+ m4/ltp-statx.m4 | 9 +++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/m4/ltp-statx.m4 b/m4/ltp-statx.m4
+index 44303d30c..5f79a94cd 100644
+--- a/m4/ltp-statx.m4
++++ b/m4/ltp-statx.m4
+@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ dnl
+ AC_DEFUN([LTP_CHECK_STATX],[
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(statx,,,[[#include <sys/stat.h>]])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADER(linux/fs.h,,,)
+-AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct statx],,,[[#include <sys/stat.h>]])
+-AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct statx_timestamp],,,[[#include <sys/stat.h>]])
++AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct statx],,,[[
++	#define _GNU_SOURCE
++	#include <sys/stat.h>
++]])
++AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct statx_timestamp],,,[[
++	#define _GNU_SOURCE
++	#include <sys/stat.h>]])
+ ])
+-- 
+2.19.0
+
diff --git a/package/ltp-testsuite/ltp-testsuite.mk b/package/ltp-testsuite/ltp-testsuite.mk
index da039bddae..9001316fbd 100644
--- a/package/ltp-testsuite/ltp-testsuite.mk
+++ b/package/ltp-testsuite/ltp-testsuite.mk
@@ -75,4 +75,7 @@ endef
 LTP_TESTSUITE_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LTP_TESTSUITE_REMOVE_LDD
 endif
 
+# 0002-statx-fix-compile-errors.patch
+LTP_TESTSUITE_AUTORECONF = YES
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))