diff --git a/util/kbuild/version_vars.patch b/util/kbuild/version_vars.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f55901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/kbuild/version_vars.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/misc/version_vars.mk	2010-03-25 18:14:41.000000000 -0700
++++ version_vars.mk	2010-03-03 06:46:59.000000000 -0800
+@@ -138,11 +138,13 @@
+ EXTRAV_ARG :=
+ endif
+ 
+-UTS_RELEASE_HEADER=$(call doit,if [ -f include/linux/utsrelease.h ]; then  \
++UTS_RELEASE_HEADER=$(call doit, if [ -f include/generated/utsrelease.h ]; then \
++	                       echo include/generated/utsrelease.h;            \
++			   else if [ -f include/linux/utsrelease.h ]; then  \
+ 	                       echo include/linux/utsrelease.h;            \
+ 	                   else                                            \
+                                echo include/linux/version.h ;              \
+-	                   fi)
++	                   fi fi)
+ UTS_RELEASE_VERSION=$(call doit,if [ -f $(UTS_RELEASE_HEADER) ]; then                    \
+                  grep 'define UTS_RELEASE' $(UTS_RELEASE_HEADER) |                       \
+                  perl -nle  'm/^\s*\#define\s+UTS_RELEASE\s+("?)(\S+)\1/g && print $$2;';\