diff --git a/target/linux/ixp4xx/patches-2.6.23/301-avila_led.patch b/target/linux/ixp4xx/patches-2.6.23/301-avila_led.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b82ed7df57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ixp4xx/patches-2.6.23/301-avila_led.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+Index: linux-2.6.23.14/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/avila-setup.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.23.14.orig/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/avila-setup.c	2008-01-25 18:26:06.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-2.6.23.14/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/avila-setup.c	2008-01-25 18:44:02.000000000 +0100
+@@ -165,12 +165,34 @@
+ 	}
+ };
+ 
++#ifdef CONFIG_LEDS_IXP4XX
++static struct resource avila_led_resources[] = {
++	{
++		.name		= "user",
++		.start		= AVILA_LED_USER_GPIO,
++		.end		= AVILA_LED_USER_GPIO,
++		.flags		= IXP4XX_GPIO_LOW,
++	},
++};
++
++static struct platform_device avila_leds = {
++	.name				= "IXP4XX-GPIO-LED",
++	.id					= -1,
++	.num_resources		= ARRAY_SIZE(avila_led_resources),
++	.resource			= avila_led_resources,
++};
++#endif
++
++
+ static struct platform_device *avila_devices[] __initdata = {
+ 	&avila_i2c_gpio,
+ 	&avila_flash,
+ 	&avila_uart,
+ 	&avila_eth[0],
+ 	&avila_eth[1],
++#ifdef CONFIG_LEDS_IXP4XX
++	&avila_leds,
++#endif
+ };
+ 
+ static char avila_rtc_probe[] __initdata = "rtc-ds1672.probe=0,0x68 ";
+Index: linux-2.6.23.14/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/avila.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.23.14.orig/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/avila.h	2008-01-25 18:26:02.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-2.6.23.14/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/avila.h	2008-01-25 18:26:06.000000000 +0100
+@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@
+ #define AVILA_PCI_INTC_PIN	9
+ #define AVILA_PCI_INTD_PIN	8
+ 
+-
++/* User LED */
++#define AVILA_LED_USER_GPIO	3