diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches/904-ls_time_locale.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches/904-ls_time_locale.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc4a392b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches/904-ls_time_locale.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -urN linux-2.6.19.2/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh linux-2.6.19.2.new/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+--- linux-2.6.19.2/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh	2007-01-10 20:10:37.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-2.6.19.2.new/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh	2007-05-03 16:25:06.000000000 +0200
+@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@
+ 			;;
+ 		"nod")
+ 			local dev_type=
+-			local maj=$(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}" | \
++			local maj=$(LC_ALL=C ls --time-style=locale -l "${location}" | \
+ 					gawk '{sub(/,/, "", $5); print $5}')
+-			local min=$(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}" | \
++			local min=$(LC_ALL=C ls --time-style=locale -l "${location}" | \
+ 					gawk '{print $6}')
+ 
+ 			if [ -b "${location}" ]; then
+@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
+ 			str="${ftype} ${name} ${str} ${dev_type} ${maj} ${min}"
+ 			;;
+ 		"slink")
+-			local target=$(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}" | \
++			local target=$(LC_ALL=C ls --time-style=locale -l "${location}" | \
+ 					gawk '{print $11}')
+ 			str="${ftype} ${name} ${target} ${str}"
+ 			;;