diff --git a/databases/redis-devel/files/patch-deps-hiredis-net.c b/databases/redis-devel/files/patch-deps-hiredis-net.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9d361732901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/redis-devel/files/patch-deps-hiredis-net.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- deps/hiredis/net.c.orig	2014-09-12 09:16:58.000000000 -0500
++++ deps/hiredis/net.c	2014-09-16 19:45:20.339820576 -0500
+@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ int redisKeepAlive(redisContext *c, int 
+         return REDIS_ERR;
+     }
+ #else
+-#ifndef __sun
++#if !defined(__sun) && defined(TCP_KEEPIDLE) && defined(TCP_KEEPINTVL) && \
++    defined(TCP_KEEPCNT)
+     val = interval;
+     if (setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_KEEPIDLE, &val, sizeof(val)) < 0) {
+         __redisSetError(c,REDIS_ERR_OTHER,strerror(errno));