diff --git a/mk.sh b/mk.sh
index 89019fd..9cfe556 100755
--- a/mk.sh
+++ b/mk.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ source "$SCRIPTDIR/util/download.sh"
 source "$SCRIPTDIR/util/pkgcmd.sh"
 source "$SCRIPTDIR/util/toolchain.sh"
 source "$SCRIPTDIR/util/cmake.sh"
+source "$SCRIPTDIR/util/misc.sh"
 
 ############################## build toolchain ###############################
 echo "--- resolving toolchain dependencies ---"
diff --git a/pkg/coreutils/build b/pkg/coreutils/build
index 6e5e993..4f07c59 100755
--- a/pkg/coreutils/build
+++ b/pkg/coreutils/build
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ SHA256SUM="1117b1a16039ddd84d51a9923948307cfa28c2cea03d1a2438742253df0a0c65"
 DEPENDS=""
 
 prepare() {
-	local PKGSCRIPTDIR="$1"
-
-	for PATCH in ${PKGSCRIPTDIR}/*.patch; do
-		patch -p1 < $PATCH
-	done
+	apply_patches
 }
 
 build() {
diff --git a/pkg/iproute2/build b/pkg/iproute2/build
index 86f7c79..c906f03 100755
--- a/pkg/iproute2/build
+++ b/pkg/iproute2/build
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ SHA256SUM="d43ac068afcc350a448f4581b6e292331ef7e4e7aa746e34981582d5fdb10067"
 DEPENDS="bdb libmnl"
 
 prepare() {
-	local PKGSCRIPTDIR="$1"
-
-	for PATCH in ${PKGSCRIPTDIR}/*.patch; do
-		patch -p1 < $PATCH
-	done
+	apply_patches
 }
 
 build() {
diff --git a/pkg/openrc/build b/pkg/openrc/build
index 780c9fa..b3892b4 100755
--- a/pkg/openrc/build
+++ b/pkg/openrc/build
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ build() {
 
 	cp -R ${SOURCE}/* ${BUILD}
 
-	for i in ${SCRIPTDIR}/${PKGDIR}/${PKGNAME}/*.patch; do
-		patch -p1 < $i
-	done
-
-	unset -v i
+	apply_patches
 
 	make CC=${TARGET}-gcc AR=${TARGET}-ar RANLIB=${TARGET}-ranlib \
 		LD=${TARGET}-ld LIBTERMCAP="-lncursesw" \
diff --git a/pkg/procps-ng/build b/pkg/procps-ng/build
index 4738e9d..1fce273 100755
--- a/pkg/procps-ng/build
+++ b/pkg/procps-ng/build
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ SHA256SUM="6ed65ab86318f37904e8f9014415a098bec5bc53653e5d9ab404f95ca5e1a7d4"
 DEPENDS="ncurses"
 
 prepare() {
-	local PKGSCRIPTDIR="$1"
-
-	for PATCH in ${PKGSCRIPTDIR}/*.patch; do
-		patch -p1 < $PATCH
-	done
+	apply_patches
 }
 
 build() {
diff --git a/pkg/util-linux/build b/pkg/util-linux/build
index f7edfe9..eeb7428 100755
--- a/pkg/util-linux/build
+++ b/pkg/util-linux/build
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ SHA256SUM="f9be7cdcf4fc5c5064a226599acdda6bdf3d86c640152ba01ea642d91108dc8a"
 DEPENDS="bash ncurses zlib"
 
 prepare() {
-	local PKGSCRIPTDIR="$1"
-
-	for PATCH in ${PKGSCRIPTDIR}/*.patch; do
-		patch -p1 < $PATCH
-	done
+	apply_patches
 }
 
 build() {
diff --git a/util/misc.sh b/util/misc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..738bdec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/misc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apply_patches() {
+	local PATCH
+
+	for PATCH in $SCRIPTDIR/$PKGDIR/$PKGNAME/*.patch; do
+		patch -p1 < $PATCH
+	done
+}