diff --git a/audit-implicit-writev.patch b/audit-implicit-writev.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d545e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audit-implicit-writev.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Index: audit-2.7.7/audisp/audispd.c
+===================================================================
+--- audit-2.7.7.orig/audisp/audispd.c
++++ audit-2.7.7/audisp/audispd.c
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <sys/wait.h>
++#include <sys/uio.h> // for writev() and readv()
+ #include <pthread.h>
+ #include <dirent.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+Index: audit-2.7.7/audisp/audispd-builtins.c
+===================================================================
+--- audit-2.7.7.orig/audisp/audispd-builtins.c
++++ audit-2.7.7/audisp/audispd-builtins.c
+@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <sys/un.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
++#include <sys/uio.h> // for writev()
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include "audispd-pconfig.h"
+ #include "audispd-builtins.h"
diff --git a/audit-secondary.changes b/audit-secondary.changes
index 6ab91b7..5897e7c 100644
--- a/audit-secondary.changes
+++ b/audit-secondary.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 18 08:50:02 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Add audit-implicit-writev.patch: include sys/uio.h to ensure
+  readv and writev are declared.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 24 13:59:06 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/audit-secondary.spec b/audit-secondary.spec
index 9c8e84f..b1174f7 100644
--- a/audit-secondary.spec
+++ b/audit-secondary.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Patch1:         audit-plugins-path.patch
 Patch2:         audit-no-gss.patch
 Patch3:         audit-allow-manual-stop.patch
 Patch4:         audit-ausearch-do-not-require-tclass.patch
+Patch5:         audit-implicit-writev.patch
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel = %{version}
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.12
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ rm -rf audisp/plugins/prelude
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -fi