diff --git a/dev-libs/hyphen/hyphen-2.8.8.recipe b/dev-libs/hyphen/hyphen-2.8.8.recipe
index 72a3760e6..8a1c5953c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/hyphen/hyphen-2.8.8.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/hyphen/hyphen-2.8.8.recipe
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:libtoolize
 	cmd:make
+	cmd:patch
 	"
 
 BUILD()