diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.4/patches/629-netlink_types_h.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.4/patches/629-netlink_types_h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8347d170b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.4/patches/629-netlink_types_h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
++++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
+@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+ #ifndef __LINUX_NETLINK_H
+ #define __LINUX_NETLINK_H
+ 
++#include <linux/types.h>
++
+ #define NETLINK_ROUTE		0	/* Routing/device hook				*/
+ #define NETLINK_SKIP		1	/* Reserved for ENskip  			*/
+ #define NETLINK_USERSOCK	2	/* Reserved for user mode socket protocols 	*/