diff --git a/utils/collectd/patches/700-disable-sys-capability-check.patch b/utils/collectd/patches/700-disable-sys-capability-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2628d4189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/collectd/patches/700-disable-sys-capability-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -833,10 +833,7 @@
+ have_cpuid_h="no"
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(cpuid.h, [have_cpuid_h="yes"])
+ 
+-have_capability="yes"
+-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/capability.h,
+-                 [have_capability="yes"],
+-                 [have_capability="no (<sys/capability.h> not found)"])
++have_capability="no"
+ if test "x$have_capability" = "xyes"; then
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(cap, cap_get_bound,
+                  [have_capability="yes"],