diff --git a/main/qemu/0001-module-Use-QEMU_MODULE_PATH-as-a-search-path.patch b/main/qemu/0001-module-Use-QEMU_MODULE_PATH-as-a-search-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1be29686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/qemu/0001-module-Use-QEMU_MODULE_PATH-as-a-search-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+From 5bf8d0efa7e02f26dfa08ac68b2d62021bfc3fda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: ryang <decatf@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 13:22:50 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] module: Use QEMU_MODULE_PATH as a search path
+
+The current paths for modules are CONFIG_QEMU_MODDIR and paths relative
+to the executable. Qemu and its modules can be installed / executed in
+paths that are different from the current search paths. This change allows
+a search path to be specified by environment variable.
+
+An example usage for this is postmarketOS. This is a build environment for
+Alpine Linux. It sets up an Alpine Linux chroot environment. Alpine's Qemu
+packages are installed in the chroot. The Alpine Linux Qemu package is used
+to test compiled Alpine Linux system images. This way there isn't a
+reliance on the which ever version of Qemu the host system / distro
+might provide.
+
+postmarketOS executes Qemu on host system outside of the chroot
+The Qemu module search path needs to point to the location of the
+chroot relative to the host system.
+
+e.g.
+The root of the Alpine Linux chroot is:
+~/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/
+The Qemu module search path needs to be:
+QEMU_MODULE_PATH=~/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native/usr/lib/qemu/
+
+Signed-off-by: ryang <decatf@gmail.com>
+---
+ util/module.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
+ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/util/module.c b/util/module.c
+index c909737..f9088a5 100644
+--- a/util/module.c
++++ b/util/module.c
+@@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ void module_load_one(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name)
+ #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+     char *fname = NULL;
+     char *exec_dir;
+-    char *dirs[3];
++    char *search_path;
++    char *dirs[4];
+     char *module_name;
+-    int i = 0;
++    int i = 0, n_dirs;
+     int ret;
+     static GHashTable *loaded_modules;
+ 
+@@ -186,14 +187,18 @@ void module_load_one(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name)
+     g_hash_table_insert(loaded_modules, module_name, module_name);
+ 
+     exec_dir = qemu_get_exec_dir();
+-    dirs[i++] = g_strdup_printf("%s", CONFIG_QEMU_MODDIR);
+-    dirs[i++] = g_strdup_printf("%s/..", exec_dir ? : "");
+-    dirs[i++] = g_strdup_printf("%s", exec_dir ? : "");
+-    assert(i == ARRAY_SIZE(dirs));
++    search_path = getenv("QEMU_MODULE_PATH");
++    if (search_path != NULL)
++        dirs[n_dirs++] = g_strdup_printf("%s", search_path);
++    dirs[n_dirs++] = g_strdup_printf("%s", CONFIG_QEMU_MODDIR);
++    dirs[n_dirs++] = g_strdup_printf("%s/..", exec_dir ? : "");
++    dirs[n_dirs++] = g_strdup_printf("%s", exec_dir ? : "");
++    assert(n_dirs <= ARRAY_SIZE(dirs));
++
+     g_free(exec_dir);
+     exec_dir = NULL;
+ 
+-    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dirs); i++) {
++    for (i = 0; i < n_dirs; i++) {
+         fname = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s%s",
+                 dirs[i], module_name, HOST_DSOSUF);
+         ret = module_load_file(fname);
+@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ void module_load_one(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name)
+         }
+     }
+ 
+-    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dirs); i++) {
++    for (i = 0; i < n_dirs; i++) {
+         g_free(dirs[i]);
+     }
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/main/qemu/APKBUILD b/main/qemu/APKBUILD
index 14d1ab535..aebf3aa7f 100644
--- a/main/qemu/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/qemu/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname=qemu
 pkgver=2.12.0
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="QEMU is a generic machine emulator and virtualizer"
 url="http://qemu.org/"
 arch="all"
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ source="http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	fix-sockios-header.patch
 	test-crypto-ivgen-skip-essiv.patch
 	0001-ui-add-x_keymap.o-to-modules.patch
+	0001-module-Use-QEMU_MODULE_PATH-as-a-search-path.patch
 
 	$pkgname-guest-agent.confd
 	$pkgname-guest-agent.initd
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 39590476a4ebd7c1e79a4f0451b24c75b1817a2a83abaa1f71bb60b225d772152f0af8f3e51ff65645e378c536ffa6ff551dade52884d03a14b7c6a19c5c97d4  fix-sockios-header.patch
 8b8db136f78bd26b5da171effa9e11016ec2bc3e2fc8107228b5543b47aa370978ed883794aa4f917f334e284a5b49e82070e1da2d31d49301195b6713a48eff  test-crypto-ivgen-skip-essiv.patch
 e052ece28af1e7a81828322999b6f1ff5c030c717a897fe80ea04d5ba7f9d477786d91cfbf2eb3444c46b1bc8d3b72a771c26c819bc3ecfd216dd02b6567796e  0001-ui-add-x_keymap.o-to-modules.patch
+320ecf95274ed42402fd0e6e1779906abea36891945888649ae4df80a7021cf4c7a6f96a3bb525103ecbf3193300a11484f523c2acb6ddbf2504374171853de2  0001-module-Use-QEMU_MODULE_PATH-as-a-search-path.patch
 d90c034cae3f9097466854ed1a9f32ab4b02089fcdf7320e8f4da13b2b1ff65067233f48809911485e4431d7ec1a22448b934121bc9522a2dc489009e87e2b1f  qemu-guest-agent.confd
 1cd24c2444c5935a763c501af2b0da31635aad9cf62e55416d6477fcec153cddbe7de205d99616def11b085e0dd366ba22463d2270f831d884edbc307c7864a6  qemu-guest-agent.initd
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