diff --git a/apatch b/apatch
index d4f7501..6474af3 100755
--- a/apatch
+++ b/apatch
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ done
   $SHELL
 )
 
-busybox diff -U3 -r "src-old$builddir" "src$builddir" | sed "s|src-old$builddir|a|g;s|src$builddir|b|g" > $1
+busybox diff -N -U3 -r "src-old$builddir" "src$builddir" | sed "s|src-old$builddir|a|g;s|src$builddir|b|g" > $1