diff --git a/pkgs/kernel/default.nix b/pkgs/kernel/default.nix
index d2fec55..224ed35 100644
--- a/pkgs/kernel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kernel/default.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./cmdline-cookie.patch
+    ./make-mtdsplit-jffs2-endian-agnostic.patch
   ];
 
   # this is here to work around what I think is a bug in nixpkgs
diff --git a/pkgs/kernel/make-mtdsplit-jffs2-endian-agnostic.patch b/pkgs/kernel/make-mtdsplit-jffs2-endian-agnostic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e7b784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/kernel/make-mtdsplit-jffs2-endian-agnostic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+On a little-endian CPU, the little-endian JFFS2 magic
+appears to be word-swapped.
+
+There is probably a better way to implement this; if you are reading
+this patch you are probably well-qualified to do that and upstream it
+to OpenWrt
+
+
+diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit.c
+index b2e51dcfc6..533af0298e 100644
+--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit.c
+@@ -92,6 +93,6 @@
+ 			*type = MTDSPLIT_PART_TYPE_SQUASHFS;
+ 		return 0;
+-	} else if (magic == 0x19852003) {
++	} else if ((magic == 0x19852003) || (magic == 0x20031985)) {
+ 		if (type)
+ 			*type = MTDSPLIT_PART_TYPE_JFFS2;
+ 		return 0;