diff --git a/make-3.81-jobserver.patch b/make-3.81-jobserver.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df65107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-3.81-jobserver.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -urp make-3.81/main.c make-3.81-pm/main.c
+--- make-3.81/main.c	2007-09-24 15:28:34.000000000 +0200
++++ make-3.81-pm/main.c	2007-09-24 15:32:50.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1669,8 +1669,12 @@ main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp
+ 
+     if (job_slots > 0)
+       {
+-        close (job_fds[0]);
+-        close (job_fds[1]);
++	if (restarts == 0)
++	  {
++	    close (job_fds[0]);
++	    close (job_fds[1]);
++	  }
++
+         job_fds[0] = job_fds[1] = -1;
+         free (jobserver_fds->list);
+         free (jobserver_fds);