diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/977-textsearch_kconfig_hacks.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/977-textsearch_kconfig_hacks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ce0484ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.27/977-textsearch_kconfig_hacks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- a/lib/Kconfig	2009-03-23 23:04:09.000000000 +0100
++++ b/lib/Kconfig	2009-03-26 12:43:09.000000000 +0100
+@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@
+ 	boolean
+ 
+ config TEXTSEARCH_KMP
+-	tristate
++	tristate "Textsearch KMP"
+ 
+ config TEXTSEARCH_BM
+-	tristate
++	tristate "Textsearch BM"
+ 
+ config TEXTSEARCH_FSM
+-	tristate
++	tristate "Textsearch FSM"
+ 
+ #
+ # plist support is select#ed if needed