diff --git a/testing/brltty/APKBUILD b/testing/brltty/APKBUILD
index 34429c48b3b..adceeca7a47 100644
--- a/testing/brltty/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/brltty/APKBUILD
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ makedepends="
 	tcl
 	"
 subpackages="$pkgname-static $pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc"
-source="http://brltty.app/archive/brltty-$pkgver.tar.xz"
+source="http://brltty.app/archive/brltty-$pkgver.tar.xz
+	https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/brltty/brltty/pull/269.patch
+	"
 options="!check" # no upstream test suite
 
 prepare() {
+	default_prepare
 	cp /usr/share/abuild/config.guess acdir/
 	cp /usr/share/abuild/config.sub acdir/
 	./autogen
@@ -44,4 +47,5 @@ package() {
 		"$pkgdir"/etc/$pkgname.conf
 }
 
-sha512sums="030ef60ef7a9a60dc2fba2a64ea0a0868395eee6f2f86876b4e4111e804a05b44f798a154a69a8f5e0f6358130993c360a550f7decac0535450f9cf939231eaf  brltty-6.1.tar.xz"
+sha512sums="030ef60ef7a9a60dc2fba2a64ea0a0868395eee6f2f86876b4e4111e804a05b44f798a154a69a8f5e0f6358130993c360a550f7decac0535450f9cf939231eaf  brltty-6.1.tar.xz
+2d55d8d985194f70d6e3229d93cffe5556a96316c94e03dcb35ddfe34e204408d825626916e649e42dac92b728537b59426726076998c6efcbabe68dcac2849d  269.patch"