diff --git a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.hash b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.hash
index 7727ac508a..745bc49abe 100644
--- a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.hash
+++ b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
 sha256  c6f3272d7e0234a9ef92b38622f36c4166eede4225e36fe4f78dd2ade03e9c52  libwebsockets-v1.7.3.tar.gz
+sha256  c7627d8e3d9d695b965a6c5fe30f4b4c04666984b384acd9e24c3b59cef13816  9eec5e4470397632af035c429295a41b74bd0585.patch
diff --git a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
index 72bb28073e..395a2edcd9 100644
--- a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
+++ b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LIBWEBSOCKETS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_DEPENDENCIES = zlib
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS = -DLWS_WITHOUT_TESTAPPS=ON -DLWS_IPV6=ON
+LIBWEBSOCKETS_PATCH = https://github.com/warmcat/libwebsockets/commit/9eec5e4470397632af035c429295a41b74bd0585.patch
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl host-openssl