diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 05fa4db..eaeb386 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ echo: pre  ## Print the passed (or computed) parameters
 	@echo LOCAL HASH $(LOCALHASH)
 	@echo RELEASE $(RELEASE)
 
+patch: pre ## Build the latest patch
+	 git diff $(PWD)/SOURCES/cephadm > $(PWD)/SOURCES/cephadm-$(VERSION)-$(RELEASE).patch
+
 spec: pre  ## Patch and build the cephadm spec file
 	sed SPECS/cephadm.spec.in \
 	  -e "s/$(LOCALHASH)/$(REMOTEHASH)/" \