diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-freeswitch-core/build.sh b/build/packages-template/bbb-freeswitch-core/build.sh
index bc8193a6fe..dd4e60cc70 100755
--- a/build/packages-template/bbb-freeswitch-core/build.sh
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-freeswitch-core/build.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ldconfig
 cd $BUILDDIR/freeswitch
 
 patch -p0 < $BUILDDIR/floor.patch
-patch -p0 < $BUILDDIR/audio.patch       # Provisional patch for https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/pull/1531
+patch -p0 --ignore-whitespace < $BUILDDIR/audio.patch       # Provisional patch for https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/pull/1531
 
 ./bootstrap.sh