diff --git a/package/e2fsprogs/patches/002-no_malloc_h.patch b/package/e2fsprogs/patches/002-no_malloc_h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..209b47c1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/e2fsprogs/patches/002-no_malloc_h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/util/symlinks.c
++++ b/util/symlinks.c
+@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
+ #endif
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <sys/param.h>