diff --git a/srcpkgs/hostapd/template b/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
index 3c7af9d0274..b8de7c3c9ce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://w1.fi/hostapd/"
 distfiles="http://w1.fi/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=881d7d6a90b2428479288d64233151448f8990ab4958e0ecaca7eeb3c9db2bd7
+patch_args=-Np1
 
 do_configure() {
 	cp -f ${FILESDIR}/config .config