diff --git a/package/alanw/chrony/hotfixes.patch b/package/alanw/chrony/hotfixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5140295fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/alanw/chrony/hotfixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- ./rtc_linux.c.orig	2005-02-19 11:15:40.446867160 +0100
++++ ./rtc_linux.c	2005-02-19 11:17:00.238736952 +0100
+@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef HAS_SPINLOCK_H
+-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
++// #include <linux/spinlock.h>
++typedef int spinlock_t;
+ #else
+ /* Include dummy definition of spinlock_t to cope with earlier kernels. */
+ typedef int spinlock_t;