diff --git a/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf b/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
index 718630c..a466858 100755
--- a/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
+++ b/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 KARAF_TAR=$2
 ONOS_VERSION=$3
 BRANDING=$4
+KARAF_PATCHES=$5
 #FIXME karaf version
 KARAF_VERSION="3.0.8"
 ONOS_SECURITY_MODE="false"
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@
 # rename path name to match what was distributed with vicci
 mv "$(ls -d apache*)" "apache-karaf-$KARAF_VERSION" || true
 
+tar xf $KARAF_PATCHES
+
 # Unroll the Apache Karaf bits, prune them and make ONOS top-level directories.
 KARAF_DIR=$(ls -d apache*)
 rm -rf $KARAF_DIR/demos