diff --git a/root-packages/open-zwave/Makefile.patch b/root-packages/open-zwave/Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7faeb3e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root-packages/open-zwave/Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- ../Makefile.orig	2020-04-17 15:36:09.952403604 +0200
++++ ./cpp/build/Makefile	2020-04-17 15:37:27.535654652 +0200
+@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
+ #what flags we will use for linking in debug mode
+ DEBUG_LDFLAGS	:= -g
+ 
+-#default Libraries we should link with
+-ifneq ($(UNAME),FreeBSD)
+-LIBS += -lresolv
+-endif
+-
+ top_srcdir := $(abspath $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))../../)
+ 
+ include $(top_srcdir)/cpp/build/support.mk
+@@ -132,9 +132,7 @@
+ endif
+ endif # USE_HID
+ 
+-ifeq ($(BITBAKE_ENV),1)
+ ar_option := "rc"
+-endif
+ 
+ cclasses := $(notdir $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/cpp/src/command_classes/*.cpp))
+ vclasses := $(notdir $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/cpp/src/value_classes/*.cpp))
diff --git a/root-packages/open-zwave/build.sh b/root-packages/open-zwave/build.sh
index 7569f185b..6d7b3dab2 100644
--- a/root-packages/open-zwave/build.sh
+++ b/root-packages/open-zwave/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/OpenZWave/open-zwave
-TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="a C++ library to control Z-Wave Networks via a USB Z-Wave Controller. "
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A C++ library to control Z-Wave Networks via a USB Z-Wave Controller"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-3.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.6.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/sviete/open-zwave/archive/v$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.zip
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=ecf10aa7cd5dd51172e960c0fd3ea418a24ad39d3d5db026d6bfc3d8c08ef4a0
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	export pkgconfigdir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig
+}
diff --git a/root-packages/open-zwave/support.mk.patch b/root-packages/open-zwave/support.mk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..547f6059f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root-packages/open-zwave/support.mk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+--- ../support.mk.orig	2020-04-17 15:25:18.603094464 +0200
++++ ./cpp/build/support.mk	2020-04-17 15:29:46.329477179 +0200
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+ ifneq ($(VERFILE),)
+ VERSION_REV := $(shell sed -n 's/uint16_t ozw_vers_revision = \(.*\);$$/\1/p' $(VERFILE))
+ else
+-$(warning Missing Either Git Binary, Not a Source Checkout or doesn't have a vers.cpp)
++$(warning Missing Either Git Binary, Not a Source Checkout or does not have a vers.cpp)
+ endif
+ endif
+ endif
+@@ -91,38 +91,11 @@
+ VERSION := $(VERSION_MAJ).$(VERSION_MIN)
+ 
+ 
+-# using seting from bitbake
+-ifeq ($(BITBAKE_ENV),1)
+ CC     := $(CC)
+ CXX    := $(CXX)
+ LD     := $(CXX)
+ AR     := $(AR)
+ RANLIB := $(RANLIB)
+-else
+-
+-# support Cross Compiling options
+-ifeq ($(UNAME),FreeBSD)
+-# Actually hide behind c++ which works for both clang based 10.0 and earlier(?)
+-CC     := $(CROSS_COMPILE)cc
+-CXX    := $(CROSS_COMPILE)c++
+-LD     := $(CROSS_COMPILE)c++
+-else
+-CC     := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+-CXX    := $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++
+-LD     := $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++
+-endif
+-ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
+-AR     := libtool -static -o 
+-RANLIB := ranlib
+-CC     := clang
+-CXX    := clang++
+-LD     := clang++
+-else
+-AR     := $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar rc
+-RANLIB := $(CROSS_COMPILE)ranlib
+-endif
+-
+-endif
+ SED    := sed
+ 
+ 
+@@ -153,7 +126,7 @@
+ instlibdir ?= $(PREFIX)$(instlibdir.default)
+ endif
+ 
+-#pkg-config doesn't exist, lets try to guess best place to put the pc file
++#pkg-config does not exist, lets try to guess best place to put the pc file
+ ifeq ($(PKGCONFIG),)
+ pkgconfigdir ?= $(shell if [ -d "/usr/lib64/pkgconfig" ]; then echo "/usr/lib64/pkgconfig"; else echo "/usr/lib/pkgconfig"; fi)
+ else