diff --git a/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/patches/mips.patch b/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/patches/mips.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..925644eb294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/e2fsprogs/patches/mips.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- lib/ext2fs/swapfs.c	2018-01-02 05:52:58.000000000 +0100
++++ lib/ext2fs/swapfs.c	2018-01-08 21:54:26.223011078 +0100
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ 
++#include "ext2fsP.h"
+ #include "ext2_fs.h"
+ #include "ext2fs.h"
+ #include <ext2fs/ext2_ext_attr.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
+ 	if (inode_includes(inode_size, i_projid))
+                 t->i_projid = ext2fs_swab16(f->i_projid);
+ 	/* catch new static fields added after i_projid */
+-	EXT2FS_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(ext2_inode_large) != 160);
++	EXT2FS_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ext2_inode_large) != 160);
+ 
+ 	i = sizeof(struct ext2_inode) + extra_isize + sizeof(__u32);
+ 	if (bufsize < (int) i)