diff --git a/system/base/sysvinit/files/sysvinit-2.88-sysmacros.patch b/system/base/sysvinit/files/sysvinit-2.88-sysmacros.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fc8e0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/base/sysvinit/files/sysvinit-2.88-sysmacros.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Newer C libraries omit this include from sys/types.h.
+
+--- a/src/bootlogd.c
++++ b/src/bootlogd.c
+@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
+  *
+  */
+ 
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+diff -Nru a/src/mountpoint.c b/src/mountpoint.c
+--- a/src/mountpoint.c	2005-09-10 11:32:27.000000000 +0200
++++ b/src/mountpoint.c	2018-10-01 20:40:37.166029012 +0200
+@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
+  *		2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  */
+ 
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/system/base/sysvinit/pspec.xml b/system/base/sysvinit/pspec.xml
index 946d2a95..6ecc1c8c 100644
--- a/system/base/sysvinit/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/sysvinit/pspec.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 <!--             <Patch level="1">sysvinit-2.88-ipv6.patch</Patch> -->
 <!--             <Patch level="1">sysvinit-2.88-omit.patch</Patch> -->
 <!--             <Patch level="1">sysvinit-2.88-wall-maxlines.patch</Patch> -->
+            <Patch level="1">sysvinit-2.88-sysmacros.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>