diff --git a/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/fix-aarch64-uio.patch b/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/fix-aarch64-uio.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6db35d47b50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/fix-aarch64-uio.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- backends/aarch64_initreg.c	2017-03-08 17:45:48.694607265 +0100
++++ backends/aarch64_initreg.c	2017-03-08 17:49:45.939959063 +0100
+@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include "system.h"
++#include <sys/uio.h>
+ #include <assert.h>
+ #ifdef __aarch64__
+ # include <sys/user.h>