diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b4d1f34cf..5214d915f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.15+2.6.16-rc3-0experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * [arm] Update configs for 2.6.16-rc3.
   * [armeb] Update configs for 2.6.16-rc3.
   * [arm/armeb] Fix compilation error on NSLU2 due to recent flash
-    changes (Alessandro Zummo).
+    changes.
+  * [arm/armeb] Fix a compilation error in the IXP4xx beeper support
+    (Alessandro Zummo).
 
   [ Norbert Tretkowski ]
   * [alpha] Update arch/alpha/config* for 2.6.16-rc3.
diff --git a/debian/patches/ixp4xx-beeper-fix.patch b/debian/patches/ixp4xx-beeper-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa757603d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/ixp4xx-beeper-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+## DP: Fix compilation error in drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c
+## DP: Patch author: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
+## DP: Upstream status: submitted
+
+Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:51:10 +0000
+From: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
+To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>, akpm@osdl.org
+Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
+Subject: [PATCH] input: fix compilation error in drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c
+
+From: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
+
+Fix compilation error of drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c by including
+linux/interrupt.h.
+
+  CC      drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.o
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c:81: error: syntax error before ‘ixp4xx_spkr_interrupt’
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c:82: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c: In function ‘ixp4xx_spkr_interrupt’:
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c:89: error: ‘IRQ_HANDLED’ undeclared (first use in this function)
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c:89: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c:89: error: for each function it appears in.)
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c: In function ‘ixp4xx_spkr_probe’:
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c:114: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘request_irq’
+drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c:128: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘free_irq’
+make[3]: *** [drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.o] Error 1
+make[2]: *** [drivers/input/misc] Error 2
+make[1]: *** [drivers/input] Error 2
+
+Signed-off-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
+Signed-off-by: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
+
+---
+
+ drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c |    1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+--- linux-nslu2.orig/drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c	2006-02-06 20:37:19.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-nslu2/drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c	2006-02-06 22:04:59.000000000 +0100
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ #include <linux/input.h>
+ #include <linux/delay.h>
+ #include <linux/platform_device.h>
++#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+ #include <asm/hardware.h>
+ 
+ MODULE_AUTHOR("Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>");
+