diff --git a/tools/mtd-utils/patches/120-include_sysmacros.patch b/tools/mtd-utils/patches/120-include_sysmacros.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81ba1cfb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mtd-utils/patches/120-include_sysmacros.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 9a06f45ec71116d76ee4b268ebe1b33d45b06fc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 22:10:43 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH mtd-utils] include sys/sysmacros.h for major/minor/makedev
+
+These functions have always been defined in sys/sysmacros.h under
+Linux C libraries.  For some, including sys/types.h implicitly
+includes that as well, but glibc wants to deprecate that, and some
+others already have.  Include the header explicitly for the funcs.
+
+Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+---
+ include/common.h | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+--- a/include/common.h
++++ b/include/common.h
+@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <inttypes.h>
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include "version.h"
+ 
+ #ifndef PROGRAM_NAME