diff --git a/utils/flashrom/patches/100-mipsel_fix.patch b/utils/flashrom/patches/100-mipsel_fix.patch
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3e34aeec44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/flashrom/patches/100-mipsel_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff -uprN a/internal.c b/internal.c
+--- a/internal.c	2014-06-13 16:44:14.263689579 +0200
++++ b/internal.c	2014-06-13 16:46:04.229020785 +0200
+@@ -337,10 +337,12 @@ int internal_init(void)
+ 	init_superio_ite();
+ #endif
+ 
++#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined (__arm__)
+ 	if (board_flash_enable(board_vendor, board_model, cb_vendor, cb_model)) {
+ 		msg_perr("Aborting to be safe.\n");
+ 		return 1;
+ 	}
++#endif
+ 
+ #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined (__mips)
+ 	register_par_programmer(&par_programmer_internal, internal_buses_supported);