diff --git a/package/ebtables/Makefile b/package/ebtables/Makefile
index 3f0b467ba4..809caf3c0e 100644
--- a/package/ebtables/Makefile
+++ b/package/ebtables/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE):
 
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
 	$(PKG_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
+	$(PATCH) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) ./patches
 	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.unpacked
 
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ebtables: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.unpacked
diff --git a/package/ebtables/patches/gcc3.4-ebtables_c.patch b/package/ebtables/patches/gcc3.4-ebtables_c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1973ea57f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ebtables/patches/gcc3.4-ebtables_c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ebtables-v2.0.6/ebtables.c	2003-11-02 19:22:56.000000000 +0100
++++ ebtables-patch/ebtables.c	2005-03-29 08:03:09.734707134 +0200
+@@ -1171,6 +1171,7 @@
+ 			continue;
+ 		return i;
+ letscontinue:
++	{};
+ 	}
+ 	return -1;
+ }