diff --git a/package/x86/microcode_ctl/devfs.patch b/package/x86/microcode_ctl/devfs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f728da646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/x86/microcode_ctl/devfs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN microcode_ctl-1.06/microcode_ctl.c microcode_ctl-1.06-new/microcode_ctl.c
+--- microcode_ctl-1.06/microcode_ctl.c	2001-04-15 00:18:13.000000000 +0200
++++ microcode_ctl-1.06-new/microcode_ctl.c	2004-06-20 21:02:05.699653000 +0200
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
+ #define BUFFER_SIZE	4096
+ #define MAX_MICROCODE	2000000
+ 
+-#define MICROCODE_DEVICE_DEFAULT	"/dev/cpu/microcode"
++#define MICROCODE_DEVICE_DEFAULT	"/dev/misc/microcode"
+ #define MICROCODE_FILE_DEFAULT		"/etc/microcode.dat"
+ 
+ /* yuck */