diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/hostap/hostap-utils-0.4.7/ldflags.patch b/meta/recipes-bsp/hostap/hostap-utils-0.4.7/ldflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e99d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/hostap/hostap-utils-0.4.7/ldflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Obey LDFLAGS
+
+Signed-off-by: Christopher Larson <chris_larson@mentor.com>
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+--- hostap-utils-0.4.7.orig/Makefile
++++ hostap-utils-0.4.7/Makefile
+@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ prism2_srec.o: prism2_srec.c util.h
+ hostap_crypt_conf: hostap_crypt_conf.c
+
+ hostap_diag: hostap_diag.o util.o
+-	$(CC) -o hostap_diag $(CFLAGS) hostap_diag.o util.o
++	$(CC) -o hostap_diag $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) hostap_diag.o util.o
+
+ hostap_diag.o: hostap_diag.c util.h
+
+ util.o: util.c util.h
+
+ hostap_io_debug: hostap_io_debug.c
+-	$(CC) -o hostap_io_debug $(CFLAGS) hostap_io_debug.c
++	$(CC) -o hostap_io_debug $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) hostap_io_debug.c
+
+ hostap_rid: hostap_rid.o util.o
+-	$(CC) -o hostap_rid $(CFLAGS) hostap_rid.o util.o
++	$(CC) -o hostap_rid $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) hostap_rid.o util.o
+
+ hostap_rid.o: hostap_rid.c util.h