diff --git a/Mk/Scripts/smart_makepatch.sh b/Mk/Scripts/smart_makepatch.sh
index 5146d01a84cd1..96ad7e6ee78c9 100644
--- a/Mk/Scripts/smart_makepatch.sh
+++ b/Mk/Scripts/smart_makepatch.sh
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ regenerate_patches() {
 		NEW=${ORIG%.orig}
 		cmp -s ${ORIG} ${NEW} && continue
 		OUT=${REGENNED}/$(std_patch_filename ${NEW})
-		TZ=UTC diff -udp ${ORIG} ${NEW} | sed \
+		TZ=UTC diff -audp ${ORIG} ${NEW} | sed \
 			-e '/^---/s|\.[0-9]* +0000$| UTC|' \
 			-e '/^+++/s|\([[:blank:]][-0-9:.+]*\)*$||' \
 			> ${OUT} || true