diff --git a/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile b/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
index d9a0d9fa8..166e7537a 100644
--- a/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=open-plc-utils
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/qca/open-plc-utils.git
diff --git a/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/010-gcc10.patch b/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/010-gcc10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..957874fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/010-gcc10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/plc/plc.h
++++ b/plc/plc.h
+@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ struct __packed plcproperty
+ 	uint8_t DATA_BUFFER [128];
+ }
+ 
+-plcproperty;
++extern plcproperty;
+ 
+ #ifndef __GNUC__
+ #pragma pack (pop)