diff --git a/templates/patch.tmpl b/templates/patch.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af1f98a98aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/patch.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'patch'
+pkgname=patch
+version=2.5.4
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version@.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Patch files using diff output"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=dd2fc5a745bfca5450d13d7032fdc47ab102514aae3efb3fe334a6eff87df799
+long_desc="
+ 'patch' takes a patch file containing a difference listing
+ produced by diff and applies those differences to one or
+ more original files, producing patched versions.
+
+ This is the GPL version from the Free Software Foundation."
+ 
+run_depends="glibc-2.8"
diff --git a/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl b/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
index 05063664218..b6b660d77ac 100644
--- a/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
+++ b/templates/xbps-base-chroot.tmpl
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ long_desc="
  This package installs all necessary packages to be able to build packages
  inside of a chroot and continue installing them."
 
-build_depends="glibc-2.8 bash-3.2 coreutils-6.12 sed-4.1.5 make-3.81
+build_depends="glibc-2.8 linux-headers-2.6.27.3 bash-3.2 coreutils-6.12
  tar-1.20 bzip2-1.0.5 gzip-1.3.12 gawk-3.1.6 grep-2.5.3 findutils-4.4.0
- diffutils-2.8.1 file-4.26 proplib-0.1 linux-headers-2.6.27.3"
+ sed-4.1.5 make-3.81 diffutils-2.8.1 file-4.26 proplib-0.1 patch-2.5.4"