diff --git a/package/openal/openal.hash b/package/openal/openal.hash
index 260f1b7807..a0ebbf0e38 100644
--- a/package/openal/openal.hash
+++ b/package/openal/openal.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
 sha256	a341f8542f1f0b8c65241a17da13d073f18ec06658e1a1606a8ecc8bbc2b3314	openal-soft-1.17.2.tar.bz2
+sha256	9c9040269376aba77b1277bbae0f055aee535e14ad4a3ab4e66e39830504e83f	27916ce3db023454a0295ee63ea196fbc246674c.patch
diff --git a/package/openal/openal.mk b/package/openal/openal.mk
index 2916aa607f..c9ca934e01 100644
--- a/package/openal/openal.mk
+++ b/package/openal/openal.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 OPENAL_VERSION = 1.17.2
 OPENAL_SOURCE = openal-soft-$(OPENAL_VERSION).tar.bz2
 OPENAL_SITE = http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases
+OPENAL_PATCH = \
+	https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/commit/27916ce3db023454a0295ee63ea196fbc246674c.patch
 OPENAL_LICENSE = LGPLv2+
 OPENAL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 OPENAL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES