diff --git a/srcpkgs/elogind/patches/mips.patch b/srcpkgs/elogind/patches/mips.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bce29b86ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elogind/patches/mips.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/basic/missing_syscall.h	2021-01-15 08:12:02.000000000 +0100
++++ src/basic/missing_syscall.h	2021-02-24 07:20:32.026355819 +0100
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+ #include <sys/wait.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ 
+-#ifdef ARCH_MIPS
++#if defined(_MIPSEL) || defined(_MIPSEB)
+ #include <asm/sgidefs.h>
+ #endif
+