diff --git a/sys-boot/elilo/elilo-3.16.ebuild b/sys-boot/elilo/elilo-3.16.ebuild
index cefd57194cec8..472488d9ce125 100644
--- a/sys-boot/elilo/elilo-3.16.ebuild
+++ b/sys-boot/elilo/elilo-3.16.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ src_unpack() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.16-elilo-loop.patch #299665
+
 	# The patches Debian had were merged upstream.
 	#epatch debian/patches/*.diff
 
diff --git a/sys-boot/elilo/files/elilo-3.16-elilo-loop.patch b/sys-boot/elilo/files/elilo-3.16-elilo-loop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b574c29f220b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-boot/elilo/files/elilo-3.16-elilo-loop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/299665
+
+patch by Dennis Schridde <devurandom@gmx.net>
+
+--- a/debian/elilo.sh
++++ b/debian/elilo.sh
+@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@
+ 
+ mnt()
+ {
++    local loop
++
+     ## we can even create bootstrap filesystem images directly if you
+     ## ever wanted too.
+     if [ -f "$boot" ] ; then