diff --git a/filesystem/aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf b/filesystem/aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf
index a07fac625..e6182f648 100644
--- a/filesystem/aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf
+++ b/filesystem/aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2010 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2010 - 2013 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ if [ ! -z "$pkg_aufs_source_file" ]; then
 	var_append patchfiles ' ' "$pkg_aufs_tempdir/aufs3-standalone/aufs3-proc_map.patch"
 	var_append patchfiles ' ' "$pkg_aufs_tempdir/aufs3-standalone/aufs3-standalone.patch"
 
+	# apply possible local patches we have in the aufs package dir
+	var_append patchfiles ' ' "$base/package/*/aufs/*.diff"
+
 	# copying sources into kernel source tree
 	pkg_aufs_copy_source_files() {
 		cp -rv $pkg_aufs_tempdir/aufs3-standalone/{Documentation,fs} .