diff --git a/utils/tmux/Makefile b/utils/tmux/Makefile
index 71d02ea31..b704b01e5 100644
--- a/utils/tmux/Makefile
+++ b/utils/tmux/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=tmux
 PKG_VERSION:=1.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/tmux
diff --git a/utils/tmux/patches/100-b64_ntop-conflict.patch b/utils/tmux/patches/100-b64_ntop-conflict.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e7a8d7d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/tmux/patches/100-b64_ntop-conflict.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Index: tmux-1.6/compat.h
+===================================================================
+--- tmux-1.6.orig/compat.h
++++ tmux-1.6/compat.h
+@@ -198,7 +198,9 @@ int	 	 daemon(int, int);
+ 
+ #ifndef HAVE_B64_NTOP
+ /* b64_ntop.c */
+-int		 b64_ntop(const char *, size_t, char *, size_t);
++int		 local_b64_ntop(const char *, size_t, char *, size_t);
++#else
++#define local_b64_ntop b64_ntop
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef HAVE_FORKPTY
+Index: tmux-1.6/compat/b64_ntop.c
+===================================================================
+--- tmux-1.6.orig/compat/b64_ntop.c
++++ tmux-1.6/compat/b64_ntop.c
+@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static const char Pad64 = '=';
+    */
+ 
+ int
+-b64_ntop(uint8_t const *src, size_t srclength, char *target, size_t targsize) {
++local_b64_ntop(uint8_t const *src, size_t srclength, char *target, size_t targsize) {
+ 	size_t datalength = 0;
+ 	uint8_t input[3];
+ 	uint8_t output[4];
+Index: tmux-1.6/tty.c
+===================================================================
+--- tmux-1.6.orig/tty.c
++++ tmux-1.6/tty.c
+@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ tty_cmd_setselection(struct tty *tty, co
+ 	off = 4 * ((ctx->num + 2) / 3) + 1; /* storage for base64 */
+ 	buf = xmalloc(off);
+ 
+-	b64_ntop(ctx->ptr, ctx->num, buf, off);
++	local_b64_ntop(ctx->ptr, ctx->num, buf, off);
+ 	tty_putcode_ptr2(tty, TTYC_MS, "", buf);
+ 
+ 	xfree(buf);