diff --git a/package/uboot-ar71xx/patches/020-freebsd-compat.patch b/package/uboot-ar71xx/patches/020-freebsd-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fee06699c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/uboot-ar71xx/patches/020-freebsd-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/include/compiler.h
++++ b/include/compiler.h
+@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extern int errno;
+ #ifdef __linux__
+ # include <endian.h>
+ # include <byteswap.h>
+-#elif defined(__MACH__)
++#elif defined(__MACH__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+ # include <machine/endian.h>
+ typedef unsigned long ulong;
+ typedef unsigned int  uint;