diff --git a/srcpkgs/brltty/patches/time64.patch b/srcpkgs/brltty/patches/time64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7efc1c7e54a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/brltty/patches/time64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- Programs/system_linux.c	2020-04-05 12:35:34.000000000 +0200
++++ Programs/system_linux.c	2020-12-03 14:12:42.292642038 +0100
+@@ -957,9 +957,12 @@
+ writeInputEvent (UinputObject *uinput, uint16_t type, uint16_t code, int32_t value) {
+ #ifdef HAVE_LINUX_UINPUT_H
+   struct input_event event;
++  struct timeval tv;
+ 
+   memset(&event, 0, sizeof(event));
+-  gettimeofday(&event.time, NULL);
++  gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
++  event.input_event_sec = tv.tv_sec;
++  event.input_event_usec = tv.tv_usec;
+   event.type = type;
+   event.code = code;
+   event.value = value;