diff --git a/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch b/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfc95d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_network.c b/bgpd/bgp_network.c
+index df37783..c4d5a61 100644
+--- a/bgpd/bgp_network.c
++++ b/bgpd/bgp_network.c
+@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ bgp_accept (struct thread *thread)
+     peer->fd = bgp_sock;
+     peer->status = Active;
+     peer->local_id = peer1->local_id;
++    peer->v_holdtime = BGP_LARGE_HOLDTIME;
+ 
+     /* Make peer's address string. */
+     sockunion2str (&su, buf, SU_ADDRSTRLEN);
+diff --git a/bgpd/bgpd.h b/bgpd/bgpd.h
+index 4137baf..8615ac8 100644
+--- a/bgpd/bgpd.h
++++ b/bgpd/bgpd.h
+@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ 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