diff --git a/local/patches/gettext/01-external-gettext.patch b/local/patches/gettext/01-external-gettext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96cb41a332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/gettext/01-external-gettext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- a/gettext-tools/configure.ac
++++ b/gettext-tools/configure.ac
+@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
+ 
+ dnl These are the only lines required to internationalize the package.
+ dnl (OK, not quite, the AC_CONFIG_FILES has also some parts.)
+-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([use-libtool], [need-ngettext], [\${top_builddir}/../gettext-runtime/intl])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external use-libtool], [need-ngettext], [\${top_builddir}/../gettext-runtime/intl])
+ 
+ dnl This option allows to build gettext-tools without (re)building libtextstyle.
+ AC_ARG_WITH([installed-libtextstyle],
+--- a/gettext-runtime/configure.ac
++++ b/gettext-runtime/configure.ac
+@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
+ AM_CONDITIONAL([WINDOWS_NATIVE], [test $is_windows_native = yes])
+ 
+ dnl Checks for libraries.
+ 
+ dnl These are the only lines required to internationalize the package.
+ dnl (OK, not quite, the AC_CONFIG_FILES has also some parts.)
+-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([use-libtool], [need-ngettext], [\${top_builddir}/intl])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external use-libtool], [need-ngettext], [\${top_builddir}/intl])
+ 
+ dnl Checks for header files, functions and declarations.
+ gl_INIT
diff --git a/local/patches/relibc/P0-redox-ioctl-syscall-0.8.1.patch b/local/patches/relibc/P0-redox-ioctl-syscall-0.8.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f3796c835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/relibc/P0-redox-ioctl-syscall-0.8.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/redox-ioctl/Cargo.toml
++++ b/redox-ioctl/Cargo.toml
+@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ description = "Ioctl definitions and (de)serialization for Redox"
+ [dependencies]
+ drm-sys = "0.8.0"
+-redox_syscall = "0.7"
++redox_syscall = "0.8.1"
+ 
+ [features]
diff --git a/recipes/core/relibc/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/relibc/recipe.toml
index b0700a901a..986db03e83 100644
--- a/recipes/core/relibc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/relibc/recipe.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc.git"
 rev = "861bbb0"
 patches = [
+    # Bump redox-ioctl's redox_syscall pin to 0.8.1 (matches rest of build)
+    "P0-redox-ioctl-syscall-0.8.1.patch",
     "P3-eventfd-mod.patch",
     # Add pub mod bits_eventfd to header/mod.rs
     "P3-bits-eventfd-mod.patch",