diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-filesystems/yaffs2/yaffs2-utils_git.bb b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-filesystems/yaffs2/yaffs2-utils_git.bb
index 253ea62..e8d1873 100644
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-filesystems/yaffs2/yaffs2-utils_git.bb
+++ b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-filesystems/yaffs2/yaffs2-utils_git.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
 DEPENDS = "mtd-utils"
 
 # Source is the HEAD of master branch at the time of writing this recipe
-SRC_URI = "git://www.aleph1.co.uk/yaffs2;protocol=git;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://www.aleph1.co.uk/yaffs2;protocol=git;branch=master \
+           file://makefile-add-ldflags.patch \
+          "
+
 SRCREV = "bc76682d93955cfb33051beb503ad9f8a5450578"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"