diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/add_stdlib.patch b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/add_stdlib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e34f262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/add_stdlib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# This patch addes stdlib.h to fix compiler warnings due to the exit
+# built-in not being defined and getting an incorrect implicit definition
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Created-by: Saul Wold <saul.wold@intel.com>
+
+--- setserial-2.17/setserial.c	2010-09-02 14:11:27.569763088 -0700
++++ setserial-2.17_fixed/setserial.c	2010-09-02 14:11:08.546264139 -0700
+@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
+  */
+ 
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <termios.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/ldflags.patch b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/ldflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..174adc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/ldflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Obey LDFLAGS
+
+Signed-off-by: Christopher Larson <chris_larson@mentor.com>
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+--- setserial-2.17.orig/Makefile.in
++++ setserial-2.17/Makefile.in
+@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ STRIP = @STRIP@
+ CC = @CC@
+ RM = rm -f
+ CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
++LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+ DEFS = @DEFS@
+ INCS = -I.
+ TAR = tar
+@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ TAR = tar
+ all: setserial setserial.cat
+
+ setserial: setserial.c
+-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) setserial.c -o setserial
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) setserial.c -o setserial
+
+ setserial.cat: setserial.8
+	nroff -man setserial.8 > setserial.cat
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dbddd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+SUMMARY = "Controls the configuration of serial ports"
+DESCRIPTION = "setserial is a program designed to set and/or report the configuration information associated with a serial port"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://setserial.sourceforge.net"
+AUTHOR = "Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+
+LICENSE = "GPLv2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://version.h;beginline=1;endline=6;md5=2e7c59cb9e57e356ae81f50f4e4dfd99"
+PR = "r3"
+
+DEPENDS += "groff-native"
+
+inherit autotools-brokensep
+
+SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/setserial/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://add_stdlib.patch \
+           file://ldflags.patch \
+          "
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "c4867d72c41564318e0107745eb7a0f2"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7e4487d320ac31558563424189435d396ddf77953bb23111a17a3d1487b5794a"
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${bindir}
+    install -d ${D}${mandir}/man8
+
+    install -m 0755 ${S}/setserial   ${D}${bindir}
+    install -m 0644 ${S}/setserial.8 ${D}${mandir}/man8
+}