diff --git a/package/sparc/silo/silo.conf b/package/sparc/silo/silo.conf
index 77855f8f9..a30984d00 100644
--- a/package/sparc/silo/silo.conf
+++ b/package/sparc/silo/silo.conf
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ pm_silo() {
 }
 
 hook_add postmake 3 pm_silo
+
+# use the system's ext2_err.h includes, see also
+# 'use-system-ext2_err-h.patch'
+hook_add premake 1 "rm -f include/ext2fs/ext2_err.h"
+
 var_append makeopt ' ' 'USELIB="-L $root/lib"'
 var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'DESTDIR=$root'
 
diff --git a/package/sparc/silo/use-system-ext2_err-h.patch b/package/sparc/silo/use-system-ext2_err-h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08d39075a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sparc/silo/use-system-ext2_err-h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use the system's ext2_err.h includes, they differ depending on
+wether we have 2.4 or 2.6 kernel includes. note, ext2_err.h gets
+deleted in silo.conf...
+
+--- ./include/ext2fs/ext2fs.h.orig	2004-09-20 13:00:36.000000000 +0200
++++ ./include/ext2fs/ext2fs.h	2004-09-20 13:00:58.000000000 +0200
+@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
+ #else
+ #include "et/com_err.h"
+ #include "ext2fs/ext2_io.h"
+-#include "ext2fs/ext2_err.h"
++#include <ext2fs/ext2_err.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+ /*