diff --git a/srcpkgs/libffi/patches/mips-soft-float.patch b/srcpkgs/libffi/patches/mips-soft-float.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10dcb3f3f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libffi/patches/mips-soft-float.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- src/mips/o32.S	2019-10-31 15:49:54.000000000 +0100
++++ src/mips/o32.S	2020-03-24 19:38:35.794316204 +0100
+@@ -281,10 +281,11 @@
+ 
+ 	li	$13, 1		# FFI_O32
+ 	bne	$16, $13, 1f	# Skip fp save if FFI_O32_SOFT_FLOAT
+-	
++#ifndef __mips_soft_float
+ 	# Store all possible float/double registers.
+ 	s.d	$f12, FA_0_0_OFF2($fp)
+ 	s.d	$f14, FA_1_0_OFF2($fp)
++#endif
+ 1:
+ 	# prepare arguments for ffi_closure_mips_inner_O32
+ 	REG_L	a0, 4($15)	 # cif