diff --git a/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0003-Makefile-specify-abiv1.patch b/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0003-Makefile-specify-abiv1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e689436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0003-Makefile-specify-abiv1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 11bff93ad1ca613b1db9d96e9ea9c46b7d7bf48d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
+Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 22:44:40 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: specify abiv1
+
+Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
+---
+ Makefile.main | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.main b/Makefile.main
+index 3c67037..76f0bd3 100644
+--- a/Makefile.main
++++ b/Makefile.main
+@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ CPPFLAGS += -DBITS_PER_LONG=64 -DHAVE_BIG_ENDIAN
+ # causing all our printf's to warn
+ CPPFLAGS += -ffreestanding
+ 
+-CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector-all -pie -mbig-endian -m64
++CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector-all -pie \
++	  -mbig-endian -m64 -mabi=elfv1
+ 
+ ifeq ($(STACK_CHECK),1)
+ CFLAGS += -fstack-protector-all -pg
+-- 
+1.9.1
+