diff --git a/srcpkgs/dracut/patches/portability.patch b/srcpkgs/dracut/patches/portability.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e30c16548ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dracut/patches/portability.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Portability fixes:
+
+- Use uid_t not __uid_t.
+- Define _GNU_SOURCE for cpu_set_t and others.
+- Include string.h for strncmp().
+
+--- install/dracut-install.c	2014-10-24 13:19:58.000000000 +0200
++++ install/dracut-install.c	2014-12-28 07:59:14.083865632 +0100
+@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int cp(const char *src, const cha
+                 if (ret == 0) {
+                         struct timeval tv[2];
+                         if (fchown(dest_desc, sb.st_uid, sb.st_gid) != 0)
+-                                if(fchown(dest_desc, (__uid_t) - 1, sb.st_gid) != 0)
++                                if(fchown(dest_desc, (uid_t) - 1, sb.st_gid) != 0)
+                                     log_error("Failed to chown %s: %m", dst);
+                         tv[0].tv_sec = sb.st_atime;
+                         tv[0].tv_usec = 0;
+--- install/util.h	2014-10-24 13:19:58.000000000 +0200
++++ install/util.h	2014-12-28 07:58:51.723864634 +0100
+@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
+   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ ***/
+ 
++#define _GNU_SOURCE
++
+ #include <inttypes.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>
+@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
+ #include <stdbool.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <string.h>
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include <sched.h>
+ #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dracut/template b/srcpkgs/dracut/template
index 4092d35b01f..4f7a2832910 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dracut/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dracut/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'dracut'
 pkgname=dracut
 version=040
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=meta
 hostmakedepends="libxslt docbook-xsl asciidoc"
 depends="psmisc cpio"