diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_3.1.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_3.1.1.bb
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+require rsync.inc
+
+
+SRC_URI += "file://acinclude.m4 \
+            file://0001-Complain-if-an-inc-recursive-path-is-not-right-for-i.patch \
+            file://rsync.git-eac858085.patch \
+"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "43bd6676f0b404326eee2d63be3cdcfe"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7de4364fcf5fe42f3bdb514417f1c40d10bbca896abe7e7f2c581c6ea08a2621"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "acl attr"
+PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "--enable-acl-support,--disable-acl-support,acl,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[attr] = "--enable-xattr-support,--disable-xattr-support,attr,"
+
+# rsync 3.0 uses configure.sh instead of configure, and
+# makefile checks the existence of configure.sh
+do_configure_prepend () {
+	rm -f ${S}/configure ${S}/configure.sh
+	cp -f ${WORKDIR}/acinclude.m4 ${S}/
+
+	# By default, if crosscompiling, rsync disables a number of
+	# capabilities, hardlinking symlinks and special files (i.e. devices)
+	export rsync_cv_can_hardlink_special=yes
+	export rsync_cv_can_hardlink_symlink=yes
+}
+
+do_configure_append () {
+	cp -f ${S}/configure ${S}/configure.sh
+}