diff --git a/general/package/libevent-openipc/0002-use-mmap-syscall.patch b/general/package/libevent-openipc/0002-use-mmap-syscall.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f7d687f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/general/package/libevent-openipc/0002-use-mmap-syscall.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+--- a/buffer.c
++++ b/buffer.c
+@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #endif
+ 
++#if defined(BROKEN_MMAP)
++#include <sys/syscall.h>
++#endif
+ 
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+@@ -2977,6 +2980,12 @@
+ 	return result;
+ }
+ 
++#if defined(BROKEN_MMAP)
++static void *mmap_ev(void *start, size_t len, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t off) {
++	return (void *)syscall(SYS_mmap2, start, len, prot, flags, fd, off >> 12);
++}
++#endif
++
+ /* TODO(niels): we may want to add to automagically convert to mmap, in
+  * case evbuffer_remove() or evbuffer_pullup() are being used.
+  */
+@@ -3080,11 +3089,15 @@
+ 			offset_leftover = offset % page_size;
+ 			offset_rounded = offset - offset_leftover;
+ 		}
++#if defined(BROKEN_MMAP)
++ 		mapped = mmap_ev(NULL, length + offset_leftover,
++#else
+ #if defined(EVENT__HAVE_MMAP64)
+ 		mapped = mmap64(NULL, length + offset_leftover,
+ #else
+ 		mapped = mmap(NULL, length + offset_leftover,
+ #endif
++#endif
+ 		    PROT_READ,
+ #ifdef MAP_NOCACHE
+ 		    MAP_NOCACHE | /* ??? */
diff --git a/general/package/libevent-openipc/libevent-openipc.mk b/general/package/libevent-openipc/libevent-openipc.mk
index 8ca6d8e2..e17142d5 100644
--- a/general/package/libevent-openipc/libevent-openipc.mk
+++ b/general/package/libevent-openipc/libevent-openipc.mk
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ else
 LIBEVENT_OPENIPC_CONF_OPTS += -DEVENT__DISABLE_MBEDTLS=ON
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL),y)
+LIBEVENT_OPENIPC_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DBROKEN_MMAP=1"
+endif
+
 LIBEVENT_OPENIPC_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBEVENT_OPENIPC_DELETE_UNUSED
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))