diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-systemd.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-systemd.inc
index 5be5de092a..f01165cf89 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-systemd.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-systemd.inc
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "fd0e44bf70eadae45aadc292cb0a7eb5b0b6372cd1b391228047d33895
 # allow for common patches for python- and python3-systemd
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/python-systemd:"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://endian.patch"
+
 SRC_URI_append_libc-musl = " file://0001-Provide-implementation-of-strndupa-for-musl.patch"
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-systemd/endian.patch b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-systemd/endian.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e09aea7336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-systemd/endian.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Include endian.h for missing definitions of htobe16
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+--- a/systemd/util.c
++++ b/systemd/util.c
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ #include <stdbool.h>
+ #include <assert.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
++#include <endian.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <net/if.h>