diff --git a/srcpkgs/incron/aarch64.patch b/srcpkgs/incron/aarch64.patch
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index 00000000000..ceb0a1d9c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/incron/aarch64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# taken from https://github.com/alpinelinux/aports/blob/master/community/incron/incron-aarch64.patch
+--- inotify-cxx.h
++++ inotify-cxx.h
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+ #include <sys/inotify.h>
+ 
+ // Use this if syscalls not defined
+-#ifndef __NR_inotify_init
++#if not defined(__NR_inotify_init) && not defined(__aarch64__)
+ #include <sys/inotify-syscalls.h>
+#endif // __NR_inotify_init