diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/default.nix
index 2ee7daca0eb..af180b5e524 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "00f2wy6f0qng7qzga4iicyzl9j8b7mp6mrpfky5jxj93ms2w2rji";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./systemd.patch ./union-wait.patch ./fix-includes.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./systemd.patch ./union-wait.patch ./fix-includes-for-musl.patch ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DSYSV";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/fix-includes.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/fix-includes-for-musl.patch
similarity index 96%
rename from pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/fix-includes.patch
rename to pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/fix-includes-for-musl.patch
index e7dbe431275..87e56a10db8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/fix-includes.patch
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysklogd/fix-includes-for-musl.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# this patch both fixes some include paths as well as removes glibc
+# gates around defines that musl-libc also depends on.
 diff -u sysklogd-1.5.1.orig/klogd.c sysklogd-1.5.1/klogd.c
 --- sysklogd-1.5.1.orig/klogd.c	2014-10-04 15:47:18.000000000 -0400
 +++ sysklogd-1.5.1/klogd.c	2021-01-18 23:09:23.000000000 -0500