diff --git a/net/kismet/Makefile b/net/kismet/Makefile
index baacf6e46..4a0e624a7 100644
--- a/net/kismet/Makefile
+++ b/net/kismet/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=kismet
 PKG_VERSION:=2016-07-R1
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPLv2.1
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:kismet:kismet
diff --git a/net/kismet/patches/040-uclibc.patch b/net/kismet/patches/040-uclibc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f63a5da52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/kismet/patches/040-uclibc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/ipc_remote.cc
++++ b/ipc_remote.cc
+@@ -941,8 +941,8 @@ int RootIPCRemote::OpenFDPassSock() {
+ }
+ 
+ typedef struct {
+-	struct cmsghdr header;
+ 	int            fd;
++	struct cmsghdr header;
+ } __attribute__((packed)) cmsg_fd;
+ 
+ int RootIPCRemote::SendDescriptor(int in_fd) {