diff --git a/openpower/linux/linux-0005-Revert-powerpc-Reject-binutils-2.24-when-building-li.patch b/openpower/linux/linux-0005-Revert-powerpc-Reject-binutils-2.24-when-building-li.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0d298b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/linux/linux-0005-Revert-powerpc-Reject-binutils-2.24-when-building-li.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 8ff76b10e7d83cb4ac2ec13e792644493613a2c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:43:18 +0930
+Subject: [PATCH 05/15] Revert "powerpc: Reject binutils 2.24 when building
+ little endian"
+
+This reverts commit 60e065f70bdb0b0e916389024922ad40f3270c96.
+
+We know better than Michael does; we carry a patch that fixes our
+binutils.
+
+Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+---
+ arch/powerpc/Makefile | 8 --------
+ 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+index 05f464eb6952..b2ae85dca1f7 100644
+--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
++++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+@@ -358,14 +358,6 @@ checkbin:
+ 		echo 'disable kernel modules' ; \
+ 		false ; \
+ 	fi
+-	@if test "x${CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN}" = "xy" \
+-	    && $(LD) --version | head -1 | grep ' 2\.24$$' >/dev/null ; then \
+-		echo -n '*** binutils 2.24 miscompiles weak symbols ' ; \
+-		echo 'in some circumstances.' ; \
+-		echo -n '*** Please use a different binutils version.' ; \
+-		false ; \
+-	fi
+-
+ 
+ CLEAN_FILES += $(TOUT)
+ 
+-- 
+2.6.2
+