diff --git a/MODULE.bazel.lock b/MODULE.bazel.lock
index 0fd6323c63613e..e651adb88a33e7 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
     },
     "//third_party/open-dice:extensions.bzl%open_dice": {
       "general": {
-        "bzlTransitiveDigest": "CFBwD8rTE8Hk/R2huNOcNoh+1tuu3eRvYQ6N/QK5aHk=",
+        "bzlTransitiveDigest": "aWKdq1LJjyKY+Q2GJVzvgetfzDu1KODKYV2E2QYHwwU=",
         "usagesDigest": "JS7GxioQYipTmuvH3Q9liClSKpuPbE8hW9EyTeNJMo8=",
         "recordedFileInputs": {},
         "recordedDirentsInputs": {},
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
               ],
               "sha256": "d7ce830111451afe2a255cac3b750f82e50efe2aaf6bac0b076881c964cfe78d",
               "patches": [
-                "@@//third_party/open-dice:Add-a-local-strlen-implementation.patch"
+                "@@//third_party/open-dice/patches:Add-a-local-strlen-implementation.patch"
               ],
               "patch_args": [
                 "-p1"
diff --git a/third_party/open-dice/extensions.bzl b/third_party/open-dice/extensions.bzl
index 8dc76b1fa43ab2..87de10e88100ac 100644
--- a/third_party/open-dice/extensions.bzl
+++ b/third_party/open-dice/extensions.bzl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def _open_dice_repos():
         urls = ["https://github.com/google/open-dice/archive/cf3f4cc7a3506a33ee3a437544ef6f40056b3563.zip"],
         sha256 = "d7ce830111451afe2a255cac3b750f82e50efe2aaf6bac0b076881c964cfe78d",
         patches = [
-            Label("//third_party/open-dice:Add-a-local-strlen-implementation.patch"),
+            Label("//third_party/open-dice/patches:Add-a-local-strlen-implementation.patch"),
         ],
         patch_args = ["-p1"],
     )
diff --git a/third_party/open-dice/Add-a-local-strlen-implementation.patch b/third_party/open-dice/patches/Add-a-local-strlen-implementation.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from third_party/open-dice/Add-a-local-strlen-implementation.patch
rename to third_party/open-dice/patches/Add-a-local-strlen-implementation.patch
diff --git a/third_party/open-dice/patches/BUILD b/third_party/open-dice/patches/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3e8bb41965a28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/open-dice/patches/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Copyright lowRISC contributors (OpenTitan project).
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0