diff --git a/srcpkgs/tcl/patches/tcl-stat64.patch b/srcpkgs/tcl/patches/tcl-stat64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66c5086edea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/tcl/patches/tcl-stat64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- generic/tcl.h
++++ generic/tcl.h
+@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
+ #ifndef _TCL
+ #define _TCL
+ 
++#include <sys/stat.h>
++
+ /*
+  * For C++ compilers, use extern "C"
+  */