diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.fix-ptr_to_globals.patch b/package/busybox/busybox.fix-ptr_to_globals.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36a4dbfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.fix-ptr_to_globals.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Index: busybox/libbb/messages.c
+===================================================================
+--- busybox/libbb/messages.c	(revision 18097)
++++ busybox/libbb/messages.c	(working copy)
+@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ WTMP_FILE;
+ 
+ char bb_common_bufsiz1[BUFSIZ+1];
+ 
+-void *ptr_to_globals;
++struct global1;
++struct global1 *ptr_to_globals;