--- a/i3-9999.ebuild	2017-02-07 22:47:59.085440454 +0100
+++ b/i3-9999.ebuild	2017-02-13 21:28:59.660477082 +0100
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ EGIT_BRANCH="next"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS=""
-IUSE="doc"
+IUSE="doc elibc_musl"
 
 CDEPEND="dev-libs/libev
 	dev-libs/libpcre
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 
 src_prepare() {
+	if use elibc_musl; then
+		eapply "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-4.11-musl.patch"  # patch from alpine linux
+	fi
 	default
-
 	if ! use doc ; then
 		sed -e '/AC_PATH_PROG(\[PATH_ASCIIDOC/d' -i configure.ac || die
 	fi