diff --git a/package/boost/0004-workaround-musl-bug.patch b/package/boost/0004-workaround-musl-bug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8613f2fec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/boost/0004-workaround-musl-bug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 0506e46640989e1f919388ad36890bd6063cd43a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Zach van Rijn <me@zv.io>
+Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:32:56 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] explicitly include <string.h> for memset()
+
+[Thomas: taken from
+https://github.com/boostorg/fiber/pull/142/commits/0506e46640989e1f919388ad36890bd6063cd43a. It
+is not going to be applied upstream because the actual bug is in musl,
+but it's a good enough workaround for now.]
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+---
+ libs/fiber/src/numa/linux/pin_thread.cpp | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/libs/fiber/src/numa/linux/pin_thread.cpp b/libs/fiber/src/numa/linux/pin_thread.cpp
+index ae696be3..e9b3c423 100644
+--- a/libs/fiber/src/numa/linux/pin_thread.cpp
++++ b/libs/fiber/src/numa/linux/pin_thread.cpp
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
+ extern "C" {
+ #include <pthread.h>
+ #include <sched.h>
++#include <string.h>
+ }
+ 
+ #include <system_error>