diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.35/001-fix_localversion.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.35/001-fix_localversion.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44b1775070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.35/001-fix_localversion.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
++++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
+@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ if test "$CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO" = "y
+ else
+ 	# apped a plus sign if the repository is not in a clean tagged
+ 	# state and  LOCALVERSION= is not specified
+-	if test "${LOCALVERSION+set}" != "set"; then
++	if test "${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION+set}" != "set"; then
+ 		scm=$(scm_version --short)
+ 		res="$res${scm:++}"
+ 	fi