diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/mdadm/files/include_sysmacros.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/mdadm/files/include_sysmacros.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a1d8342d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/mdadm/files/include_sysmacros.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+include sys/sysmacros.h for major/minor macro definitions
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+--- a/mdadm.h
++++ b/mdadm.h
+@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extern __off64_t lseek64 __P ((int __fd,
+ 
+ #include	<sys/types.h>
+ #include	<sys/stat.h>
++#include	<sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include	<stdint.h>
+ #include	<stdlib.h>
+ #include	<time.h>
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/mdadm/mdadm_4.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/mdadm/mdadm_4.1.bb
index 0cd9626f27..74c94f6ecb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/mdadm/mdadm_4.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/mdadm/mdadm_4.1.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://0001-Revert-tests-wait-for-complete-rebuild-in-integrity-.patch \
 	   file://mdadm.init \
 	   file://0001-mdadm-add-option-y-for-use-syslog-to-recive-event-re.patch \
+           file://include_sysmacros.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "51bf3651bd73a06c413a2f964f299598"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ab7688842908d3583a704d491956f31324c3a5fc9f6a04653cb75d19f1934f4a"