diff --git a/patches/packages/backport/0039-ppstools-install-timeapps.patch b/patches/packages/backport/0039-ppstools-install-timeapps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3b009e905f466677c230dfded29696904d7d38c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/packages/backport/0039-ppstools-install-timeapps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From a275ea7e48516a625f2cd4fe968db93383f9bdd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Wolfgang Breyha <wbreyha@gmx.net>
+Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 20:04:06 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] pps-tools: install timepps.h in location specified by RFC
+ 2783
+
+This is need by eg. gpsd to build with proper PPS support.
+It was already submitted once in #2892 which ended in a stalemate.
+Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Breyha <wbreyha@gmx.net>
+---
+ utils/pps-tools/Makefile | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/utils/pps-tools/Makefile b/utils/pps-tools/Makefile
+index 695114760cb..d5bfd897ad9 100644
+--- a/utils/pps-tools/Makefile
++++ b/utils/pps-tools/Makefile
+@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ endef
+ TARGET_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+ 
+ define Build/InstallDev
+-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+-	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/timepps.h $(1)/usr/include/
++	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/sys
++	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/timepps.h $(1)/usr/include/sys/
+ endef
+ 
+ define Package/pps-tools/install