diff --git a/device/linux-purism-librem5/0001-force-host-mode-for-usb.patch b/device/linux-purism-librem5/0001-force-host-mode-for-usb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c40eb6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device/linux-purism-librem5/0001-force-host-mode-for-usb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-librem5-devkit.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-librem5-devkit.dts
+index 3c7201a..204e188 100644
+--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-librem5-devkit.dts
++++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-librem5-devkit.dts
+@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@
+ &usb_dwc3_0 {
+ 	#address-cells = <1>;
+ 	#size-cells = <0>;
+-	dr_mode = "otg";
++	dr_mode = "host";
+ 	status = "okay";
+ 
+ 	port@0 {
diff --git a/device/linux-purism-librem5/APKBUILD b/device/linux-purism-librem5/APKBUILD
index 8cac9b672..959bf8535 100644
--- a/device/linux-purism-librem5/APKBUILD
+++ b/device/linux-purism-librem5/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Kernel config based on: arch/arm64/configs/librem5-devkit_defconfig
 pkgname="linux-purism-librem5"
 pkgver=5.3
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Purism Librem 5 phone kernel fork"
 arch="aarch64"
 _carch="arm64"
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ _commit="1309cc0a813e70af9b3d8c29d513e78715475de5"
 _config="config-$_flavor.$arch"
 source="
 	$pkgname-$_commit.tar.gz::https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/$_repository/-/archive/$_commit.tar.gz
+        0001-force-host-mode-for-usb.patch
 	$_config
 "
 builddir="$srcdir/$_repository-$_commit"
@@ -72,6 +73,6 @@ package() {
 		INSTALL_DTBS_PATH="$pkgdir/usr/share/dtb"
 
 }
-
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