diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index da6bd2b21..c53de52db 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+    <listitem revision="systemd">
+      <para>2018-08-03</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Add patch to systemd to fix a build failure with
+          glibc-2.28.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2018-08-02</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index ae7f7a795..f7e71bd64 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@
     </varlistentry>
 -->
 
+    <varlistentry revision="systemd">
+      <term>systemd glibc patch - <token>&systemd-glibc-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&systemd-glibc-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&systemd-glibc-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
   </variablelist>
 
   <para>Total size of these patches: about <returnvalue/></para>
diff --git a/chapter06/systemd.xml b/chapter06/systemd.xml
index 2c913e325..e5d89b833 100644
--- a/chapter06/systemd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/systemd.xml
@@ -52,14 +52,9 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '166,$ d' -i src/resolve/meson.build</userinput></screen>
 
-<!-- These are from upstream.  There will probably be a new release shortly, 
-     so don't bother with a patch.
-    <para>Make some fixes from upstream:</para>
+    <para>Apply a patch to fix a build failure with glibc-2.28:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '527,565 d'                  src/basic/missing.h
-sed -i '24 d'                       src/core/load-fragment.c
-sed -i '53 a#include &lt;sys/mount.h&gt;' src/shared/bus-unit-util.c</userinput></screen>
--->
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../systemd-&systemd-version;-glibc_statx_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Remove an unneeded group,
     <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem>, from the default udev
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 39ada3683..e47f542da 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20180802">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20180803">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; 
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20180801-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20180803-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "August 2, 2018">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "August 3, 2018">
 
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2018"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "8.3">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 0b557a7a9..461646a6b 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@
 <!ENTITY systemd-security-patch-md5 "aa9d81fec9a3875a54e63af86904513a">
 <!ENTITY systemd-security-patch-size "4 KB">
 -->
+
+<!ENTITY systemd-glibc-patch "systemd-&systemd-version;-glibc_statx_fix-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY systemd-glibc-patch-md5 "a44057d6a6ca69760bafc126458d89e5">
+<!ENTITY systemd-glibc-patch-size "4 KB">