diff --git a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
index 1c48d4475..0036d9fd9 100755
--- a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
+++ b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ class Gencontrol(Base):
             'revisions': ' '.join([i.debian for i in self.versions[::-1]]),
             'source': "%(linux_upstream)s-%(debian)s" % self.version.__dict__,
             'upstream': self.version.linux_upstream,
+            'abiname': self.abiname,
         }
 
         apply = self.substitute(apply, vars)
diff --git a/debian/templates/patch.apply.in b/debian/templates/patch.apply.in
index fe41bba50..664a75c8a 100644
--- a/debian/templates/patch.apply.in
+++ b/debian/templates/patch.apply.in
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import os, os.path, re, sys
 from warnings import warn
 
+sys.path.append("/usr/src/linux-support-@upstream@@abiname@/lib/python")
+
 from debian_linux.debian import VersionLinux
 from debian_linux.patches import PatchSeries, PatchSeriesList