diff --git a/srcpkgs/plib/patches/musl-ushort.patch b/srcpkgs/plib/patches/musl-ushort.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e04e6b60ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plib/patches/musl-ushort.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/ssg/ssgLoadFLT.cxx	2008-03-11 03:06:23.000000000 +0100
++++ src/ssg/ssgLoadFLT.cxx	2015-10-31 15:45:55.426989776 +0100
+@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
+ 
+ typedef unsigned char ubyte;
+ 
+-#ifdef UL_WIN32
++#if defined(UL_WIN32) || !defined(__GLIBC__)
+ typedef unsigned short ushort;
+ typedef unsigned int uint;
+ #endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plib/template b/srcpkgs/plib/template
index ff40f3849e6..924fee338a7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/plib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/plib/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'plib'
 pkgname=plib
 version=1.8.5
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-shared --disable-static"
 short_desc="Suite of Portable Game Libraries"