diff --git a/package/tinyx/tinyx-011010-strings.patch b/package/tinyx/tinyx-011010-strings.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..263116f8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/tinyx/tinyx-011010-strings.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -urN xc-011010-0rig/include/Xfuncs.h xc-011010/include/Xfuncs.h
+--- xc-011010-0rig/include/Xfuncs.h	2001-07-25 17:04:42.000000000 +0200
++++ xc-011010/include/Xfuncs.h	2007-08-13 13:08:39.000000000 +0200
+@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
+ #include <strings.h>
+ /* bcopy, bcmp, bzero declared */
+ #define _XFUNCS_H_INCLUDED_STRING_H
++#elif defined(__UCLIBC__)
++#include <string.h>
++#define _XFUNCS_H_INCLUDED_STRING_H
+ #else
+ #include <string.h>
+ #define _XFUNCS_H_INCLUDED_STRING_H