diff --git a/package/hotplug2/patches/170-non_fatal_include.patch b/package/hotplug2/patches/170-non_fatal_include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b8e852832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/hotplug2/patches/170-non_fatal_include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Index: hotplug2-201/parser/parser.c
+===================================================================
+--- hotplug2-201.orig/parser/parser.c	2009-12-09 19:44:13.000000000 +0100
++++ hotplug2-201/parser/parser.c	2011-02-08 18:06:44.681213713 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+ #include "parser.h"
+ 
++#include <errno.h>
++
+ /*
+  * Grammar: 
+  * input => directive // TOKEN_ROOTKW
+@@ -578,7 +580,7 @@
+ 	ctx.lexer.fp = fopen(filename, "r");
+ 	if (ctx.lexer.fp == NULL) {
+ 		parser_clear(&ctx);
+-		return -1;
++		return (errno == ENOENT) ? 0 : -1;
+ 	}
+ 	ctx.lexer.filename = strdup(filename);
+