diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/cve-check-tool/files/check-for-malloc_trim-before-using-it.patch b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/cve-check-tool/files/check-for-malloc_trim-before-using-it.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0774ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/cve-check-tool/files/check-for-malloc_trim-before-using-it.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From ce64633b9733e962b8d8482244301f614d8b5845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:54:24 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Check for malloc_trim before using it
+
+malloc_trim is gnu specific and not all libc
+implement it, threfore write a configure check
+to poke for it first and use the define to
+guard its use.
+
+Helps in compiling on musl based systems
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/ikeydoherty/cve-check-tool/pull/48]
+ configure.ac | 2 ++
+ src/core.c   | 4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index d3b66ce..79c3542 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ m4_define([json_required_version], [0.16.0])
+ m4_define([openssl_required_version],[1.0.0])
+ # TODO: Set minimum sqlite
+ 
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE(malloc_trim)
++
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CVE_CHECK_TOOL,
+                  [
+                   glib-2.0 >= glib_required_version,
+diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
+index 6263031..0d5df29 100644
+--- a/src/core.c
++++ b/src/core.c
+@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ bool cve_db_load(CveDB *self, const char *fname)
+         }
+ 
+         b = true;
+-
++#ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_TRIM
+         malloc_trim(0);
+-
++#endif
+         xmlFreeTextReader(r);
+         if (fd) {
+                 close(fd);
+-- 
+2.9.3
+