diff --git a/media-sound/apulse/apulse-0.1.13-r3.ebuild b/media-sound/apulse/apulse-0.1.13-r3.ebuild
index 8a3640b8115db..1289e259187cf 100644
--- a/media-sound/apulse/apulse-0.1.13-r3.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/apulse/apulse-0.1.13-r3.ebuild
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/sdk.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/check-key-before-remove.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/man.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/apulse-0.1.13-libgen.patch"
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
diff --git a/media-sound/apulse/files/apulse-0.1.13-libgen.patch b/media-sound/apulse/files/apulse-0.1.13-libgen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..97d33fec66b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-sound/apulse/files/apulse-0.1.13-libgen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Fix build with musl 1.2.5
+
+--- a/src/apulse-misc.c
++++ b/src/apulse-misc.c
+@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
+  * SOFTWARE.
+  */
+ 
++#include <libgen.h>
++
+ #include "apulse.h"
+ #include "trace.h"
+ #include "util.h"