diff --git a/package/libs/libnfnetlink/patches/100-missing_include.patch b/package/libs/libnfnetlink/patches/100-missing_include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68155c3005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libs/libnfnetlink/patches/100-missing_include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/include/libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.h
++++ b/include/libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.h
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
+ #define aligned_u64 unsigned long long __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+ #endif
+ 
++#include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/socket.h>	/* for sa_family_t */
+ #include <linux/netlink.h>
+ #include <libnfnetlink/linux_nfnetlink.h>