diff --git a/utils/hfsprogs/Makefile b/utils/hfsprogs/Makefile
index 9300fbc0a7..e5184280e9 100644
--- a/utils/hfsprogs/Makefile
+++ b/utils/hfsprogs/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=hfsprogs
 PKG_VERSION:=332.25
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/utils/hfsprogs/patches/010-valloc-to-memalign.patch b/utils/hfsprogs/patches/010-valloc-to-memalign.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c391e1dd57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/hfsprogs/patches/010-valloc-to-memalign.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/newfs_hfs.tproj/makehfs.c
++++ b/newfs_hfs.tproj/makehfs.c
+@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ make_hfsplus(const DriveInfo *driveInfo, hfsparams_t *defaults)
+ 	if ( (temp & 0x01FF) != 0 )
+ 		temp = (temp + kBytesPerSector) & 0xFFFFFE00;
+ 	
+-	nodeBuffer = valloc((size_t)temp);
++	(void)posix_memalign(&nodeBuffer, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), (size_t)temp);
+ 	if (nodeBuffer == NULL)
+ 		err(1, NULL);
+ 
+@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ ClearDisk(const DriveInfo *driveInfo, UInt64 startingSector, UInt32 numberOfSect
+ 
+ 	bufferSize = bufferSizeInSectors << kLog2SectorSize;
+ 
+-	tempBuffer = valloc((size_t)bufferSize);
++	(void)posix_memalign(&tempBuffer, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), (size_t)bufferSize);
+ 	if (tempBuffer == NULL)
+ 		err(1, NULL);
+