diff --git a/llvm_llc_opt_default_path.patch b/llvm_llc_opt_default_path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4af40b68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm_llc_opt_default_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c b/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
+index d831bfe8cf5..e419cbdb53b 100644
+--- a/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
++++ b/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
+@@ -12465,7 +12465,7 @@ mono_compile_assembly (MonoAssembly *ass, guint32 opts, const char *aot_options,
+ 	acfg->aot_opts.nimt_trampolines = 512;
+ 	acfg->aot_opts.nrgctx_fetch_trampolines = 128;
+ 	acfg->aot_opts.ngsharedvt_arg_trampolines = 512;
+-	acfg->aot_opts.llvm_path = g_strdup ("");
++	acfg->aot_opts.llvm_path = g_strdup ("/usr/lib/mono/llvm/bin/");
+ 	acfg->aot_opts.temp_path = g_strdup ("");
+ #ifdef MONOTOUCH
+ 	acfg->aot_opts.use_trampolines_page = TRUE;
diff --git a/mono-core.spec b/mono-core.spec
index 6a8852d84a..3a25d439b3 100644
--- a/mono-core.spec
+++ b/mono-core.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ License:        LGPL-2.1 and MIT and MS-PL
 Group:          Development/Languages/Mono
 Url:            http://www.mono-project.com
 Source0:        http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:		llvm_llc_opt_default_path.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  bison
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ technologies that have been submitted to the ECMA for standardization.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n mono-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %{?scl:scl enable %{scl} - << \EOF}