diff --git a/srcpkgs/ethtool/patches/stdint.patch b/srcpkgs/ethtool/patches/stdint.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf9ae83c2b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ethtool/patches/stdint.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- ./internal.h.orig
++++ ./internal.h
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+ #include "ethtool-config.h"
+ #endif
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdint.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+@@ -23,10 +24,10 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ typedef unsigned long long u64;
+-typedef __uint32_t u32;
+-typedef __uint16_t u16;
+-typedef __uint8_t u8;
+-typedef __int32_t s32;
++typedef uint32_t u32;
++typedef uint16_t u16;
++typedef uint8_t u8;
++typedef int32_t s32;
+ 
+ #include "ethtool-copy.h"
+ #include "net_tstamp-copy.h"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ethtool/template b/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
index 0f4ad8c3927..7bfdacbcd65 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ethtool'
 pkgname=ethtool
-version=3.11
+version=3.12.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Utility for controlling network drivers and hardware"
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=d53f5546196a95387f25c2f413d7537aad74b74a5c7b62f0aafd545f9e602fd4
+checksum=616ec632cddcba7240a23582b05380b69f1b359280e8db3fe3bb46498b621149