diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.4/patches/116-bridge_ioctls.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.4/patches/116-bridge_ioctls.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17f5195037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.4/patches/116-bridge_ioctls.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Index: linux-2.4.35.4/include/linux/sockios.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.4.35.4/include/linux/sockios.h       2008-02-10 23:23:00.102763351 +0100
++++ linux-2.4.35.4.new/include/linux/sockios.h    2008-02-10 23:23:01.259570100 +0100
+--- sockios.h	2006-12-23 21:34:20.000000000 +0100
++++ sockios.h.new	2008-02-10 23:22:04.000000000 +0100
+@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
+ 
+ #define SIOCGIFBR	0x8940		/* Bridging support		*/
+ #define SIOCSIFBR	0x8941		/* Set bridging options 	*/
++#define SIOCBRADDBR     0x89a0          /* create new bridge device     */
++#define SIOCBRDELBR     0x89a1          /* remove bridge device         */
++#define SIOCBRADDIF     0x89a2          /* add interface to bridge      */
++#define SIOCBRDELIF     0x89a3          /* remove interface from bridge */
++
+ 
+ #define SIOCGIFTXQLEN	0x8942		/* Get the tx queue length	*/
+ #define SIOCSIFTXQLEN	0x8943		/* Set the tx queue length 	*/