diff --git a/sysutils/stat/files/patch-aa b/sysutils/stat/files/patch-aa
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d00b5b326a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/stat/files/patch-aa
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--- stat.fmt.c.orig	Tue Dec 28 12:14:24 1999
++++ stat.fmt.c	Tue Dec 28 12:15:20 1999
+@@ -502,2 +502,3 @@
+ 	}
++	*bufp++ = '\0';
+ }