diff --git a/templates/glib-fix-gthread-posix.diff b/templates/glib-fix-gthread-posix.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68cdcbd2576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/glib-fix-gthread-posix.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+xtraeme: calling pthread_attr_getschedparam() before _setschedparam() will
+always return ENOMEM because at least on NetBSD, _setschedparam needs
+to be called first.
+
+--- gthread/gthread-posix.c.orig	2008-10-10 07:22:09.000000000 +0200
++++ gthread/gthread-posix.c	2008-10-10 07:22:29.000000000 +0200
+@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ g_thread_create_posix_impl (GThreadFunc 
+ # ifdef G_THREADS_IMPL_POSIX
+   {
+     struct sched_param sched;
+-    posix_check_cmd (pthread_attr_getschedparam (&attr, &sched));
+     sched.sched_priority = g_thread_priority_map [priority];
+     posix_check_cmd_prio (pthread_attr_setschedparam (&attr, &sched));
++    posix_check_cmd (pthread_attr_getschedparam (&attr, &sched));
+   }
+ # else /* G_THREADS_IMPL_DCE */
+   posix_check_cmd_prio
diff --git a/templates/glib.tmpl b/templates/glib.tmpl
index 4b409db3745..a95c0cdbf9c 100755
--- a/templates/glib.tmpl
+++ b/templates/glib.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=glib
 version=2.18.1
 extract_sufx=".tar.bz2"
-patch_files="glib-fix-statfs-netbsd.diff"
+patch_files="$pkgname-fix-statfs-netbsd.diff $pkgname-fix-gthread-posix.diff"
 url=http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.18
 make_cmd="$PKGFS_MASTERDIR/bin/gmake"
 # Disable FAM for now and use the installed pcre package instead