diff --git a/qla2x00t/kernel-patches/scst_fc_vport_create.patch b/qla2x00t/kernel-patches/scst_fc_vport_create.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5948f6cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qla2x00t/kernel-patches/scst_fc_vport_create.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+From: Cheng Renquan <crquan@gmail.com>
+
+This is needed to build qla2xxx on top of 2.6.26 and
+2.6.27 Linux kernels according this scst-devel mailing list thread,
+http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=1288289831-23405-1-git-send-email-crquan@gmail.com
+
+---
+ drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c |   53 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
+ include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h |   27 +++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
+
+Index: linux-2.6.26/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.26.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c	2010-11-12 01:16:11.000000000 +0800
++++ linux-2.6.26/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c	2010-11-12 01:17:09.000000000 +0800
+@@ -41,30 +41,7 @@
+ static int fc_queue_work(struct Scsi_Host *, struct work_struct *);
+ static void fc_vport_sched_delete(struct work_struct *work);
+ 
+-/*
+- * This is a temporary carrier for creating a vport. It will eventually
+- * be replaced  by a real message definition for sgio or netlink.
+- *
+- * fc_vport_identifiers: This set of data contains all elements
+- * to uniquely identify and instantiate a FC virtual port.
+- *
+- * Notes:
+- *   symbolic_name: The driver is to append the symbolic_name string data
+- *      to the symbolic_node_name data that it generates by default.
+- *      the resulting combination should then be registered with the switch.
+- *      It is expected that things like Xen may stuff a VM title into
+- *      this field.
+- */
+-struct fc_vport_identifiers {
+-	u64 node_name;
+-	u64 port_name;
+-	u32 roles;
+-	bool disable;
+-	enum fc_port_type vport_type;	/* only FC_PORTTYPE_NPIV allowed */
+-	char symbolic_name[FC_VPORT_SYMBOLIC_NAMELEN];
+-};
+-
+-static int fc_vport_create(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel,
++static int fc_vport_setup(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel,
+ 	struct device *pdev, struct fc_vport_identifiers  *ids,
+ 	struct fc_vport **vport);
+ 
+@@ -1759,7 +1736,7 @@
+ 	vid.disable = false;		/* always enabled */
+ 
+ 	/* we only allow support on Channel 0 !!! */
+-	stat = fc_vport_create(shost, 0, &shost->shost_gendev, &vid, &vport);
++	stat = fc_vport_setup(shost, 0, &shost->shost_gendev, &vid, &vport);
+ 	return stat ? stat : count;
+ }
+ static FC_DEVICE_ATTR(host, vport_create, S_IWUSR, NULL,
+@@ -3102,7 +3079,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ /**
+- * fc_vport_create - allocates and creates a FC virtual port.
++ * fc_vport_setup - allocates and creates a FC virtual port.
+  * @shost:	scsi host the virtual port is connected to.
+  * @channel:	Channel on shost port connected to.
+  * @pdev:	parent device for vport
+@@ -3117,7 +3094,7 @@
+  *	This routine assumes no locks are held on entry.
+  */
+ static int
+-fc_vport_create(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel, struct device *pdev,
++fc_vport_setup(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel, struct device *pdev,
+ 	struct fc_vport_identifiers  *ids, struct fc_vport **ret_vport)
+ {
+ 	struct fc_host_attrs *fc_host = shost_to_fc_host(shost);
+@@ -3230,6 +3207,28 @@
+ 	return error;
+ }
+ 
++/**
++ * fc_vport_create - Admin App or LLDD requests creation of a vport
++ * @shost:	scsi host the virtual port is connected to.
++ * @channel:	channel on shost port connected to.
++ * @ids:	The world wide names, FC4 port roles, etc for
++ *              the virtual port.
++ *
++ * Notes:
++ *	This routine assumes no locks are held on entry.
++ */
++struct fc_vport *
++fc_vport_create(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel,
++	struct fc_vport_identifiers *ids)
++{
++	int stat;
++	struct fc_vport *vport;
++
++	stat = fc_vport_setup(shost, channel, &shost->shost_gendev,
++		 ids, &vport);
++	return stat ? NULL : vport;
++}
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(fc_vport_create);
+ 
+ /**
+  * fc_vport_terminate - Admin App or LLDD requests termination of a vport
+Index: linux-2.6.26/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.26.orig/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h	2010-11-12 01:16:11.000000000 +0800
++++ linux-2.6.26/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h	2010-11-12 01:17:47.000000000 +0800
+@@ -198,6 +198,31 @@
+  */
+ 
+ #define FC_VPORT_SYMBOLIC_NAMELEN		64
++#define FC_VPORT_CREATE_DEFINED
++
++/*
++ * This is a temporary carrier for creating a vport. It will eventually
++ * be replaced  by a real message definition for sgio or netlink.
++ *
++ * fc_vport_identifiers: This set of data contains all elements
++ * to uniquely identify and instantiate a FC virtual port.
++ *
++ * Notes:
++ *   symbolic_name: The driver is to append the symbolic_name string data
++ *      to the symbolic_node_name data that it generates by default.
++ *      the resulting combination should then be registered with the switch.
++ *      It is expected that things like Xen may stuff a VM title into
++ *      this field.
++ */
++struct fc_vport_identifiers {
++	u64 node_name;
++	u64 port_name;
++	u32 roles;
++	bool disable;
++	enum fc_port_type vport_type;	/* only FC_PORTTYPE_NPIV allowed */
++	char symbolic_name[FC_VPORT_SYMBOLIC_NAMELEN];
++};
++
+ struct fc_vport {
+ 	/* Fixed Attributes */
+ 
+@@ -732,6 +757,8 @@
+ 	 *   be sure to read the Vendor Type and ID formatting requirements
+ 	 *   specified in scsi_netlink.h
+ 	 */
++struct fc_vport *fc_vport_create(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel,
++				 struct fc_vport_identifiers *ids);
+ int fc_vport_terminate(struct fc_vport *vport);
+ 
+ #endif /* SCSI_TRANSPORT_FC_H */