diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/findutils-fix-doc-build-error.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/findutils-fix-doc-build-error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2076e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/findutils-fix-doc-build-error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 33cba24cba7b0973a702e9627bd5b93962948ae4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang@windriver.com>
+Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:11:16 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] findutils: fix doc build error
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+
+Signed-off-by: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang@windriver.com>
+---
+ doc/find.texi |    6 +++---
+ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi
+index 5b5f0cf..b3d9c6b 100644
+--- a/doc/find.texi
++++ b/doc/find.texi
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ translation approved by the Foundation.
+
+ @page
+ @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
+-@insertcopying{}
++@insertcopying
+ @end titlepage
+
+ @contents
+@@ -1466,6 +1466,7 @@ no output is ever sent to it.
+ * Escapes::
+ * Format Directives::
+ * Time Formats::
++* Formatting Flags::
+ @end menu
+
+ @node Escapes
+@@ -1534,7 +1535,6 @@ from the novel you are reading.
+ * Size Directives::
+ * Location Directives::
+ * Time Directives::
+-* Formatting Flags::
+ @end menu
+
+ @node Name Directives
+@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ setting the TZ environment variable).  This is a GNU extension.
+ @end table
+
+ @node Formatting Flags
+-@subsubsection Formatting Flags
++@subsection Formatting Flags
+
+ The @samp{%m} and @samp{%d} directives support the @samp{#}, @samp{0}
+ and @samp{+} flags, but the other directives do not, even if they
+--
+1.7.4.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/findutils_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/findutils_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d0ddb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/findutils_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+automake 1.12 has depricated automatic de-ANSI-fication support
+
+this patch avoids these kinds of errors:
+
+| configure.in:75: error: automatic de-ANSI-fication support has been removed
+
+Signed-Off-By: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
+2012/05/04
+
+Index: findutils-4.2.31/configure.in
+===================================================================
+--- findutils-4.2.31.orig/configure.in
++++ findutils-4.2.31/configure.in
+@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ dnl gl_EARLY calls AC_GNU_SOURCE anyway.
+ 
+ 
+ AC_ISC_POSIX
+-AM_C_PROTOTYPES
+ 
+ AC_PROG_INSTALL
+ AC_PROG_RANLIB
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/gnulib-extension.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/gnulib-extension.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65bd642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils-4.2.31/gnulib-extension.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [legacy version]
+
+the old AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS won't work with AC_GNU_SOURCE
+
+against 4.2.31
+07/08/2010 - qhe
+
+diff --git a/gnulib/m4/extensions.m4 b/gnulib/m4/extensions.m4
+index 143a9e5..0f27ceb 100644
+--- a/gnulib/m4/extensions.m4
++++ b/gnulib/m4/extensions.m4
+@@ -12,44 +12,6 @@
+ # enough in this area it's likely we'll need to redefine
+ # AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS for quite some time.
+ 
+-# AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
+-# ------------------------
+-# Enable extensions on systems that normally disable them,
+-# typically due to standards-conformance issues.
+-AC_DEFUN([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS],
+-[
+-  AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE])
+-  AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_RUN_IFELSE])
+-
+-  AC_REQUIRE([AC_GNU_SOURCE])
+-  AC_REQUIRE([AC_AIX])
+-  AC_REQUIRE([AC_MINIX])
+-
+-  AH_VERBATIM([__EXTENSIONS__],
+-[/* Enable extensions on Solaris.  */
+-#ifndef __EXTENSIONS__
+-# undef __EXTENSIONS__
+-#endif
+-#ifndef _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS
+-# undef _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS
+-#endif
+-#ifndef _TANDEM_SOURCE
+-# undef _TANDEM_SOURCE
+-#endif])
+-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__],
+-    [ac_cv_safe_to_define___extensions__],
+-    [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+-       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
+-#	  define __EXTENSIONS__ 1
+-	  AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])],
+-       [ac_cv_safe_to_define___extensions__=yes],
+-       [ac_cv_safe_to_define___extensions__=no])])
+-  test $ac_cv_safe_to_define___extensions__ = yes &&
+-    AC_DEFINE([__EXTENSIONS__])
+-  AC_DEFINE([_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS])
+-  AC_DEFINE([_TANDEM_SOURCE])
+-])
+-
+ # gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
+ # ------------------------
+ # Enable extensions on systems that normally disable them,