diff --git a/security/ykpers/files/patch-09ea16d9.c b/security/ykpers/files/patch-09ea16d9.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..685416fbba65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/ykpers/files/patch-09ea16d9.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/ykpers-args.h b/ykpers-args.h
+index 2a63268..9ff455a 100644
+--- ykpers-args.h
++++ ykpers-args.h
+@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "ykpers.h"
+ 
+-const char *usage;
+-const char *optstring;
++extern const char *usage;
++extern const char *optstring;
+ 
+ int args_to_config(int argc, char **argv, YKP_CONFIG *cfg, char *oathid,
+ 		   size_t oathid_len, const char **infname,