diff --git a/external/routing/quagga/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch b/external/routing/quagga/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2494ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/routing/quagga/patches/140-holdtimer-set.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/bgpd/bgp_network.c
++++ b/bgpd/bgp_network.c
+@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ bgp_accept (struct thread *thread)
+ 
+     /* Config state that should affect OPEN packet must be copied over */
+     peer->local_id = peer1->local_id;
+-    peer->v_holdtime = peer1->v_holdtime;
+-    peer->v_keepalive = peer1->v_keepalive;
++    peer->v_holdtime = BGP_LARGE_HOLDTIME;
+     peer->local_as = peer1->local_as;
+     peer->change_local_as = peer1->change_local_as;
+     peer->flags = peer1->flags;
+--- a/bgpd/bgpd.h
++++ b/bgpd/bgpd.h
+@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ struct bgp_nlri
+ 
+ /* BGP timers default value.  */
+ #define BGP_INIT_START_TIMER                     1
++#define BGP_LARGE_HOLDTIME                     240
+ #define BGP_DEFAULT_HOLDTIME                   180
+ #define BGP_DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE                   60 
+ #define BGP_DEFAULT_EBGP_ROUTEADV                3