diff --git a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/recipes-standalone/newlib/libgloss_3.0.0.bbappend b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-standalone/recipes-standalone/newlib/libgloss_3.0.0.bbappend
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+do_configure_prepend_microblaze() {
+    # hack for microblaze, which needs xilinx.ld to literally do any linking (its hard coded in its LINK_SPEC)
+    export CC="${CC} -L${S}/libgloss/microblaze"
+}
+
+
+# We use libgloss as if it was libxil, to avoid linking issues
+do_install_append_zynqmp-pmu(){
+  cp ${D}/${libdir}/libgloss.a ${D}/${libdir}/libxil.a
+}