diff --git a/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.5.1.recipe b/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.5.1.recipe
index 172838a00..7d223c5c9 100644
--- a/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.5.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.5.1.recipe
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE="Apache v2"
 COPYRIGHT="2014 Google Inc."
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/martine/ninja/archive/v1.5.1.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="fba77b9ed4b4dd0e86c4513776938dc64bd4508dc2055b04c0c6df68bcfa397d"
-PATCHES="ninja-1.5.1.patch"
+PATCHES="ninja-1.5.1.patchset"
 REVISION="2"
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
diff --git a/dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.5.1.patch b/dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.5.1.patchset
similarity index 74%
rename from dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.5.1.patch
rename to dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.5.1.patchset
index d9edfff19..3aa169072 100644
--- a/dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.5.1.patch
+++ b/dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.5.1.patchset
@@ -72,3 +72,30 @@ index 484b0c1..dae7e3f 100644
 -- 
 1.8.3.4
 
+From e0d5d39bcd89d6f8346a0242931cff1c363d8392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Lotz <mmlr@mlotz.ch>
+Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:30:47 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Add include of sys/select.h to get FD_* definitions.
+
+Apparently these are pulled in by one of the already present headers
+on other platforms. A cursory look at the POSIX specs did not reveal
+a requirement to expose these types with the given headers though.
+---
+ src/subprocess-posix.cc | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/subprocess-posix.cc b/src/subprocess-posix.cc
+index 743e406..5c17d75 100644
+--- a/src/subprocess-posix.cc
++++ b/src/subprocess-posix.cc
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <sys/select.h>
+ #include <sys/wait.h>
+ 
+ #include "util.h"
+-- 
+2.2.2
+