diff --git a/package/opkg/patches/006-fix_force_space.patch b/package/opkg/patches/006-fix_force_space.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80406ba168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/opkg/patches/006-fix_force_space.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
+@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ int opkg_conf_init(opkg_conf_t *conf, co
+      if (args->force_downgrade) {
+ 	  conf->force_downgrade = 1;
+      }
++     if (args->force_space) {
++	  conf->force_space = 1;
++     }
+      if (args->force_reinstall) {
+ 	  conf->force_reinstall = 1;
+      }