diff --git a/srcpkgs/ell/patches/fix-musl.patch b/srcpkgs/ell/patches/fix-musl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c662e77cd43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ell/patches/fix-musl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 1f80c66080ff9e934f22be7472269e97af6afa0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:49:33 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] ell/dir.c: include limits.h for NAME_MAX
+
+fixes compilation on musl libc systems that are stricter
+---
+ ell/dir.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/ell/dir.c b/ell/dir.c
+index d1870c8..7917664 100644
+--- ell/dir.c
++++ ell/dir.c
+@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <dirent.h>
+ #include <sys/inotify.h>
++#include <limits.h>
+ 
+ #include "private.h"
+ #include "queue.h"
+-- 
+2.19.1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ell/template b/srcpkgs/ell/template
index 4752d19a2d8..cde52678935 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ell/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ell'
 pkgname=ell
-version=0.11
+version=0.12
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-glib"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://01.org/ell"
 distfiles="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ell/ell-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=30459cf21fae286f126273b1eba98df5c300930b11cfef0cd9c201de2c4440f5
+checksum=2dcf3e91b2070645993a3083f79e27a8668cc0c5654553c194f3386ed5652aaa
 
 ell-devel_package() {
 	depends="ell-${version}_${revision}"