diff --git a/libs/libsigar/Makefile b/libs/libsigar/Makefile
index 3c3d0be285..39f22138e8 100644
--- a/libs/libsigar/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libsigar/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=libsigar
 PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2017-02-21
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=a6c61edf8c64e013411e8c9d753165cd03102c6e
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/boundary/sigar
diff --git a/libs/libsigar/patches/020-sysmacros.patch b/libs/libsigar/patches/020-sysmacros.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..334a908a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libsigar/patches/020-sysmacros.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c
++++ b/src/os/linux/linux_sigar.c
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+ #include <linux/param.h>
+ #include <sys/param.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include <sys/times.h>
+ #include <sys/utsname.h>
+ #include <mntent.h>