diff --git a/openjdk-patches/Inet4AddressImpl.c.8.patch b/openjdk-patches/Inet4AddressImpl.c.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..693261b09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openjdk-patches/Inet4AddressImpl.c.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- openjdk/Inet4AddressImpl.c
++++ openjdk/Inet4AddressImpl.c
+@@ -461,6 +461,19 @@
+     return JNI_FALSE;
+ }
+ 
++DWORD WINAPI IcmpSendEcho2Ex(HANDLE,
++			     HANDLE,
++			     LPVOID,
++			     PVOID,
++			     IPAddr,
++			     IPAddr,
++			     LPVOID,
++			     WORD,
++			     LPVOID,
++			     LPVOID,
++			     DWORD,
++			     DWORD);
++
+ /**
+  * ping implementation.
+  * Send a ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST packet every second until either the timeout