diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 497ae6c1e..d5c420ebc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+linux-2.6 (3.1.0-1~experimental.2) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  [ Ben Hutchings ]
+  * [alpha] wire up accept4 syscall, thanks to Michael Cree
+
+ -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:05:47 +0000
+
 linux-2.6 (3.1.0-1~experimental.1) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.1
diff --git a/debian/patches/bugfix/alpha/alpha-wire-up-accept4-syscall.patch b/debian/patches/bugfix/alpha/alpha-wire-up-accept4-syscall.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4334d366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/bugfix/alpha/alpha-wire-up-accept4-syscall.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+From: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
+Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:09:49 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] alpha: wire up accept4 syscall
+
+commit 0a8c384ebe4cc1c462076732dbffb595e7e81d5c upstream.
+
+Somehow wiring up the accept4 syscall on Alpha was missed long ago.
+This commit rectifies that oversight.
+
+Signed-off-by: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
+Reviewed-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
+Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
+Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
+Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
+Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
+---
+ arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h |    3 ++-
+ arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S     |    1 +
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
+index 4ac48a0..1fbfd64 100644
+--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
++++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
+@@ -457,10 +457,11 @@
+ #define __NR_clock_adjtime		499
+ #define __NR_syncfs			500
+ #define __NR_setns			501
++#define __NR_accept4			502
+ 
+ #ifdef __KERNEL__
+ 
+-#define NR_SYSCALLS			502
++#define NR_SYSCALLS			503
+ 
+ #define __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
+ #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
+diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S
+index 6acea1f..53d0ce2 100644
+--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S
++++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/systbls.S
+@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ sys_call_table:
+ 	.quad sys_clock_adjtime
+ 	.quad sys_syncfs			/* 500 */
+ 	.quad sys_setns
++	.quad sys_accept4
+ 
+ 	.size sys_call_table, . - sys_call_table
+ 	.type sys_call_table, @object
+-- 
+1.7.7
+
diff --git a/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.2 b/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1178bbd80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++ bugfix/alpha/alpha-wire-up-accept4-syscall.patch