diff --git a/main/sircbot/APKBUILD b/main/sircbot/APKBUILD
index 65da0739fea..ee3c72709b2 100644
--- a/main/sircbot/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/sircbot/APKBUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ done
 install="$pkgname.pre-install"
 source="https://dev.alpinelinux.org/archive/sircbot/sircbot-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	0001-add-simple-hack-to-allow-nickserv-identification.patch
+	fix-missing-assert-header.patch
 	sircbot.initd
 	sircbot.confd
 	"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ done
 sha512sums="
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 45cbf2b16374f0fb7746d80ce09a9f65c293e08fd641c174821caf78f27e0614882500e0ced08a611679f26e5b2f8acded9869af6be81bd0966820588612b1e6  0001-add-simple-hack-to-allow-nickserv-identification.patch
+39f24516b2fcdd172b794dadc2fe638c12c6b75ecd492dc0d98dd13f3133dc3e891e59f7ad6222973595aa118848a6dc43833b8e36ef02a917bda7cb7f55a802  fix-missing-assert-header.patch
 ba06c40c606890f8918a07908d04ae4adbaf5d99d915b85a2c7a766f4811000c8c7574c9a65cacf1a687e4fa9f7a0095da8b93f96b0e449dfe0848d669b5e12a  sircbot.initd
 315167ec664ce859908fcd230f6e0c604a0b02e56286156ba6ec76c32d6d514726acb493fe7a13b44d9255ec2e34fe4b2a6f02edf039b06e487cea6528d4d6a7  sircbot.confd
 "
diff --git a/main/sircbot/fix-missing-assert-header.patch b/main/sircbot/fix-missing-assert-header.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79a4598a649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/sircbot/fix-missing-assert-header.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/lua/lsircbot.c b/lua/lsircbot.c
+index 0b97d5a..7fd57c1 100644
+--- a/lua/lsircbot.c
++++ b/lua/lsircbot.c
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
++#include <assert.h>
+ 
+ #include <lua.h>
+ #include <lualib.h>