diff --git a/core/dhcpcd/build b/core/dhcpcd/build
index 5e4235c7..dc74149f 100755
--- a/core/dhcpcd/build
+++ b/core/dhcpcd/build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+patch -p1 < dhcpcd-fix-musl.patch
+
 ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --sbindir=/usr/bin \
diff --git a/core/dhcpcd/checksums b/core/dhcpcd/checksums
index 8d7309c8..b4cf008c 100644
--- a/core/dhcpcd/checksums
+++ b/core/dhcpcd/checksums
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-66b50199ed83bf502af3fab9ac001b417f0fac7e69c92d97a9c41499cebabd4f  dhcpcd-8.0.6.tar.xz
+0ef8bc9aab04f046e71af3a8b9edc342fedbf7eb18f5b4645e05c4a28d32668b  dhcpcd-8.1.0.tar.xz
+588cf6f8e51c82dd652949b023b58eacd3c7a6cb6f17cd59b74ac4b682322cfe  dhcpcd-fix-musl.patch
 533714c2f3edcd70e47822cb880d8e8ffdba673b10452ea808037ec2714a375c  dhcpcd.run
diff --git a/core/dhcpcd/patches/dhcpcd-fix-musl.patch b/core/dhcpcd/patches/dhcpcd-fix-musl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95bb937c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/dhcpcd/patches/dhcpcd-fix-musl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/src/if-linux.c b/src/if-linux.c
+index fd47278..6a6c0d0 100644
+--- a/src/if-linux.c
++++ b/src/if-linux.c
+@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
+ #include <linux/if_addr.h>
+ #include <linux/if_link.h>
+ #include <linux/if_packet.h>
+-#include <linux/if_tun.h>
+ #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
+ #include <linux/filter.h>
+ #include <linux/netlink.h>
+@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ if_tap(const char *ifname)
+ 	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), SYS_TUNTAP, ifname);
+ 	if (check_proc_hex(path, &n) == -1)
+ 		return false;
+-	return n & IFF_TAP;
++	return n & 0x0002;
+ }
+ 
+ bool
diff --git a/core/dhcpcd/sources b/core/dhcpcd/sources
index 89ff74e2..06da123d 100644
--- a/core/dhcpcd/sources
+++ b/core/dhcpcd/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-https://roy.marples.name/downloads/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-8.0.6.tar.xz
+https://roy.marples.name/downloads/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-8.1.0.tar.xz
+patches/dhcpcd-fix-musl.patch
 files/dhcpcd.run
diff --git a/core/dhcpcd/version b/core/dhcpcd/version
index c031c9ef..82d4d517 100644
--- a/core/dhcpcd/version
+++ b/core/dhcpcd/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.6 1
+8.1.0 1