diff --git a/lfs/vectorscan b/lfs/vectorscan
index 585fc2894..b56243c42 100644
--- a/lfs/vectorscan
+++ b/lfs/vectorscan
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/vectorscan-5.4.11-sse4.2.patch
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && cmake . \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr \
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
diff --git a/src/patches/vectorscan-5.4.11-sse4.2.patch b/src/patches/vectorscan-5.4.11-sse4.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..feb867aeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/patches/vectorscan-5.4.11-sse4.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/src/hs_valid_platform.c b/src/hs_valid_platform.c
+index 0af36b6c..12ae5d9a 100644
+--- a/src/hs_valid_platform.c
++++ b/src/hs_valid_platform.c
+@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
+ 
+ HS_PUBLIC_API
+ hs_error_t HS_CDECL hs_valid_platform(void) {
+-    /* Hyperscan requires SSSE3, anything else is a bonus */
++    /* Vectorscan requires SSE4.2, anything else is a bonus */
+ #if defined(ARCH_IA32) || defined(ARCH_X86_64)
+-    if (check_ssse3()) {
++    if (check_sse42()) {
+         return HS_SUCCESS;
+     } else {
+         return HS_ARCH_ERROR;