diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.28/977-textsearch_kconfig_hacks.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.28/977-textsearch_kconfig_hacks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ef893a728b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.28/977-textsearch_kconfig_hacks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- a/lib/Kconfig	2009-04-08 16:46:30.000000000 +0200
++++ b/lib/Kconfig	2009-04-08 16:46:15.000000000 +0200
+@@ -119,16 +119,16 @@
+ # Textsearch support is select'ed if needed
+ #
+ config TEXTSEARCH
+-	boolean
++	boolean	"Textsearch support"
+ 
+ config TEXTSEARCH_KMP
+-	tristate
++	tristate "Textsearch KMP"
+ 
+ config TEXTSEARCH_BM
+-	tristate
++	tristate "Textsearch BM"
+ 
+ config TEXTSEARCH_FSM
+-	tristate
++	tristate "Textsearch FSM"
+ 
+ #
+ # plist support is select#ed if needed