diff --git a/gnome-applets.spec b/gnome-applets.spec
index 1604d76..e55779d 100644
--- a/gnome-applets.spec
+++ b/gnome-applets.spec
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Patch31:        gnome-applets-2.18.0-fix-find.patch
 # http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428072
 Patch33:	gnome-applets-2.18.0-node-leak.patch
 
+Patch34:        ppp-includes.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel >= %{gtk2_version}
 BuildRequires:  libgnomeui-devel >= %{libgnomeui_version}
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ libraries contained in the gnome-applets package.
 %patch30 -p1 -b .fix-null-applet
 %patch31 -p1 -b .fix-find
 %patch33 -p1 -b .node-leak
+%patch34 -p1 -b .ppp-includes
 
 cp gswitchit/gswitchit-applet.png  gswitchit/gswitchit-properties-capplet.png
 
diff --git a/ppp-includes.patch b/ppp-includes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d3dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ppp-includes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -up gnome-applets-2.19.0/modemlights/modemlights.c.includes gnome-applets-2.19.0/modemlights/modemlights.c
+--- gnome-applets-2.19.0/modemlights/modemlights.c.includes	2007-07-30 18:05:02.000000000 -0400
++++ gnome-applets-2.19.0/modemlights/modemlights.c	2007-07-30 18:05:13.000000000 -0400
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifdef __linux__
++#include <linux/types.h>
+ #include <linux/if_ppp.h>
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>