diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/attr-Missing-configure.ac.patch b/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/attr-Missing-configure.ac.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20fcc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/attr-Missing-configure.ac.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Subject: [PATCH] attr: Missing configure.ac
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [Upstream released tarball missing this file]
+Signed-off-by: Nathan Rossi <nathan.rossi@xilinx.com>
+---
+ configure.ac |   48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 configure.ac
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..b966d0e
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
++# Copyright (C) 2009  Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
++#
++# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
++# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
++# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
++# (at your option) any later version.
++#
++# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
++# GNU General Public License for more details.
++#
++# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
++# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
++#
++AC_INIT(include/attributes.h)
++AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
++AC_CONFIG_HEADER(include/config.h)
++AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr)
++
++AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
++
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(shared,
++[ --enable-shared=[yes/no] Enable use of shared libraries [default=yes]],,
++	enable_shared=yes)
++AC_SUBST(enable_shared)
++
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(gettext,
++[ --enable-gettext=[yes/no] Enable alternate language support [default=yes]],,
++	enable_gettext=yes)
++AC_SUBST(enable_gettext)
++
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(lib64,
++[ --enable-lib64=[yes/no] Enable lib64 support [default=no]],,
++	enable_lib64=no)
++AC_SUBST(enable_lib64)
++
++AC_PACKAGE_GLOBALS(attr)
++AC_PACKAGE_UTILITIES(attr)
++AC_MANUAL_FORMAT
++AC_MULTILIB($enable_lib64)
++
++AC_C_CONST
++AC_TYPE_MODE_T
++AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
++
++AC_OUTPUT(include/builddefs)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/relative-libdir.patch b/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/relative-libdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b72bf18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/relative-libdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+use relative path in symbolic links, or it fails in staging
+sed expression from udev
+
+7/29/2010 - created by Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>
+
+diff -u include.orig/buildmacros include/buildmacros
+--- include.orig/buildmacros	2010-07-29 17:39:48.000000000 +0800
++++ include/buildmacros	2010-07-29 18:20:34.000000000 +0800
+@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@
+ 	../$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(PKG_LIB_DIR); \
+ 	../$(INSTALL) -T so_base $(LIBNAME).lai $(PKG_LIB_DIR); \
+ 	if test "x$(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)" != "x$(PKG_LIB_DIR)" ; then \
+-	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a; \
+-	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la; \
+-	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so; \
++	rel_lib_prefix=$$(echo $(PKG_LIB_DIR) | sed 's,\(^/\|\)[^/][^/]*,..,g'); \
++	../$(INSTALL) -S $$rel_lib_prefix$(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a; \
++	../$(INSTALL) -S $$rel_lib_prefix$(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la; \
++	rel_devlib_prefix=$$(echo $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR) | sed 's,\(^/\|\)[^/][^/]*,..,g'); \
++	../$(INSTALL) -S $$rel_devlib_prefix$(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so; \
+ 	fi
+ else
+ INSTALL_LTLIB_DEV = $(INSTALL_LTLIB_STATIC)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/run-ptest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6c6867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/attr/files/run-ptest
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+make -C test -k tests root-tests |sed \
+ -e 's|^\[.*\] \(.*\) -- ok$|PASS: \1|' \
+ -e 's|^\[.*\] \(.*\) -- failed|FAIL: \1|'