diff --git a/package/network/utils/conntrack-tools/patches/100-compile_fix.patch b/package/network/utils/conntrack-tools/patches/100-compile_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..492f88facca19e60b4081cfc907fb245d786d4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/network/utils/conntrack-tools/patches/100-compile_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/src/parse.c
++++ b/src/parse.c
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+  * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+  */
+ 
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include "network.h"
+ 
+ #include <libnetfilter_conntrack/libnetfilter_conntrack.h>