diff --git a/package/openwrt-packages/net/quagga-unstable/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch b/package/openwrt-packages/net/quagga-unstable/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1895f548f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/openwrt-packages/net/quagga-unstable/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/bgpd/bgp_network.c
++++ b/bgpd/bgp_network.c
+@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ bgp_accept (struct thread *thread)
+     peer->fd = bgp_sock;
+     peer->status = Active;
+     peer->local_id = peer1->local_id;
+-    peer->v_holdtime = peer1->v_holdtime;
+-    peer->v_keepalive = peer1->v_keepalive;
++    peer->v_holdtime = BGP_LARGE_HOLDTIME;
+ 
+     /* Make peer's address string. */
+     sockunion2str (&su, buf, SU_ADDRSTRLEN);
+--- a/bgpd/bgpd.h
++++ b/bgpd/bgpd.h
+@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ struct bgp_nlri
+ /* BGP timers default value.  */
+ #define BGP_INIT_START_TIMER                     5
+ #define BGP_ERROR_START_TIMER                   30
++#define BGP_LARGE_HOLDTIME                     240
+ #define BGP_DEFAULT_HOLDTIME                   180
+ #define BGP_DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE                   60 
+ #define BGP_DEFAULT_ASORIGINATE                 15