diff --git a/srcpkgs/lightdm/files/musl/musl-language.patch b/srcpkgs/lightdm/files/musl/musl-language.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..890965c195c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lightdm/files/musl/musl-language.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--- ./liblightdm-gobject/language.c.orig	2015-09-08 14:44:54.377669101 -0400
++++ ./liblightdm-gobject/language.c	2015-09-08 14:45:12.453668549 -0400
+@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@
+ 
+     if (!priv->name)
+     {
++#if HAVE_LC_IDENTIFICATION
+         gchar *locale = get_locale_name (priv->code);
+         if (locale)
+         {
+@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@
+             setlocale (LC_ALL, current);
+         }
+         if (!priv->name)
++#endif
+         {
+             gchar **tokens = g_strsplit_set (priv->code, "_.@", 2);
+             priv->name = g_strdup (tokens[0]);
+@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@
+ 
+     if (!priv->territory && strchr (priv->code, '_'))
+     {
++#if HAVE_LC_IDENTIFICATION
+         gchar *locale = get_locale_name (priv->code);
+         if (locale)
+         {
+@@ -281,6 +284,7 @@
+             setlocale (LC_ALL, current);
+         }
+         if (!priv->territory)
++#endif
+         {
+             gchar **tokens = g_strsplit_set (priv->code, "_.@", 3);
+             priv->territory = g_strdup (tokens[1]);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lightdm/files/musl/musl-updwtmpx.patch b/srcpkgs/lightdm/files/musl/musl-updwtmpx.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afdbf943c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lightdm/files/musl/musl-updwtmpx.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- ./src/session-child.c.orig	2015-09-08 14:47:47.260663825 -0400
++++ ./src/session-child.c	2015-09-08 14:48:01.578663388 -0400
+@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@
+ }
+ 
+ /* GNU provides this but we can't rely on that so let's make our own version */
+-static void
+-updwtmpx (const gchar *wtmp_file, struct utmpx *ut)
++void
++updwtmpx (const char *wtmp_file, const struct utmpx *ut)
+ {
+     struct utmp u;
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lightdm/template b/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
index 66cf7ad933b..e5a1bd1097a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	subpackages+=" liblightdm-qt liblightdm-qt5"
 fi
 
+post_extract() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		*-musl)
+			for f in ${FILESDIR}/musl/*.patch; do
+				patch -Np1 -i $f
+			done
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	# Remove provided init file and use our own.
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/etc/init