diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-5.4/211-darwin-uuid-typedef-clash.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-5.4/211-darwin-uuid-typedef-clash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a424c99c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/hack-5.4/211-darwin-uuid-typedef-clash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From e44fc2af1ddc452b6659d08c16973d65c73b7d0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant <ldir@darbyshire-bryant.me.uk>
+Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 18:36:43 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] file2alias: build on macos
+
+Signed-off-by: Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant <ldir@darbyshire-bryant.me.uk>
+---
+ scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+index c91eba751804..e756fd80b721 100644
+--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
++++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ typedef struct {
+ 	__u8 b[16];
+ } guid_t;
+ 
++#ifdef __APPLE__
++#define uuid_t compat_uuid_t
++#endif
+ /* backwards compatibility, don't use in new code */
+ typedef struct {
+ 	__u8 b[16];
+-- 
+2.21.1 (Apple Git-122.3)
+