diff --git a/base/mdadm/mdadm-2.6.7-no-susv3-legacy.patch b/base/mdadm/mdadm-2.6.7-no-susv3-legacy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3c81d601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/mdadm/mdadm-2.6.7-no-susv3-legacy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../mdadm/mdadm-2.6.7-no-susv3-legacy.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+Description: Replace usleep() with nanosleep()
+
+usleep() was deprecated by SUSv3 and newer LIBCs are starting to enforce that
+deprecation.
+
+--- mdadm-2.6.7/mdopen.c.orig	2010-09-29 19:01:38.854974364 +0200
++++ mdadm-2.6.7/mdopen.c	2010-09-29 19:03:34.302325754 +0200
+@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
+ 				make_parts(chosen_name, parts, ci->symlinks);
+ 			return fd;
+ 		}
+-		usleep(200000);
++		nanosleep(&((struct timespec) {0, 200000000L}), NULL);
+ 	}
+ 	return -1;
+ }
+--- mdadm-2.6.7/Assemble.c.orig	2010-09-29 19:35:11.139790606 +0200
++++ mdadm-2.6.7/Assemble.c	2010-09-29 19:34:50.957370956 +0200
+@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
+ 								break;
+ 							close(mdfd);
+ 						}
+-						usleep(usecs);
++						nanosleep(&((struct timespec){0,(usecs) * 1000ul}), NULL);
+ 						usecs <<= 1;
+ 					}
+ 				}