diff --git a/kbuild-armv7l.diff b/kbuild-armv7l.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca994eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kbuild-armv7l.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur kbuild-0.1.9998svn2543.orig/kBuild/env.sh kbuild-0.1.9998svn2543/kBuild/env.sh
+--- kbuild-0.1.9998svn2543.orig/kBuild/env.sh	2011-08-25 19:09:21.000000000 +0200
++++ kbuild-0.1.9998svn2543/kBuild/env.sh	2011-10-04 00:41:34.000000000 +0200
+@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
+         hppa64|parisc64)
+             KBUILD_HOST_ARCH='hppa64'
+             ;;
+-        arm|armv4l|armv5tel|armv5tejl)
++        arm|armv4l|armv5tel|armv5tejl|armv7l)
+             KBUILD_HOST_ARCH='arm'
+             ;;
+         alpha)
diff --git a/kbuild.changes b/kbuild.changes
index c52279c..c996769 100644
--- a/kbuild.changes
+++ b/kbuild.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  3 22:56:19 UTC 2011 - joop.boonen@opensuse.org
+
+- Added a patch to support armv7l
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 23 08:35:11 UTC 2011 - mseben@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/kbuild.spec b/kbuild.spec
index e566d87..b002fcd 100644
--- a/kbuild.spec
+++ b/kbuild.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Patch3:         kbuild-func_missing_args.diff
 Patch4:         glibc-2.10.diff
 Patch5:         kbuild-pthread.diff
 Patch6:         kbuild-timestamps.diff
+Patch7:         kbuild-armv7l.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch4
 %patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"