diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc/x86_basename.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc/x86_basename.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d0ed23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc/x86_basename.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 5f47c30759684cea9a7a409646686c1a358b78ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: OpenEmbedded <oe.patch@oe>
+Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 22:51:05 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] replace basename() with sscanf()
+
+klibc lacks basename()
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [klibc specific]
+Signed-off-by: Andrea Adami <andrea.adami@gmail.com>
+
+---
+ kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c b/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
+index 6c7d260..7850083 100644
+--- a/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
++++ b/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
+@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ static int add_edd_entry(struct x86_linux_param_header *real_mode,
+ 	memset(edd_info, 0, sizeof(struct edd_info));
+ 
+ 	/* extract the device number */
+-	if (sscanf(basename(sysfs_name), "int13_dev%hhx", &devnum) != 1) {
++	if (sscanf(strrchr(sysfs_name,'/') + 1, "int13_dev%hhx", &devnum) != 1) {
+ 		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid format of int13_dev dir "
+-				"entry: %s\n", basename(sysfs_name));
++				"entry: %s\n", strrchr(sysfs_name,'/') + 1);
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+