diff --git a/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/hardened-kernel-6.12.4.ebuild b/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/hardened-kernel-6.12.4.ebuild
index 6c468cb..76c802f 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/hardened-kernel-6.12.4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/hardened-kernel/hardened-kernel-6.12.4.ebuild
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# include linux-hardened patch with priority
 	cp ${DISTDIR}/linux-hardened-v${HARDENED_PATCH_VER}.patch ${WORKDIR}/1199_linux-hardened-${HARDENED_PATCH_VER}.patch
 
+    # copy pkg maintainer supplied patches
+    if [ -d "${FILESDIR}/${MY_P}" ]; then
+            cp "${FILESDIR}/${MY_P}"/*.patch ${WORKDIR}/
+    fi
+
 	local PATCHES=(
 		# meh, genpatches have no directory
 		"${WORKDIR}"/*.patch