diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/mpeg2dec/files/61_global-symbol-test.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/mpeg2dec/files/61_global-symbol-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00b667d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/mpeg2dec/files/61_global-symbol-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+Rewrite the public symbol check to verify the shared libraries, to check for
+more things, and to avoid duplication; fixes make check on ARM
+
+Taken From
+https://sources.debian.org/src/mpeg2dec/0.5.1-8/debian/patches/61_global-symbol-test.patch/
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ test/globals |   42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
+ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
+
+--- mpeg2dec.orig/test/globals
++++ mpeg2dec/test/globals
+@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+ #!/bin/sh
++# TODO
++# - fix checking of .a libs; problem is that "nm -g --defined-only" lists
++#   internal symbols; this can be solved by using objdump, but it's probably
++#   good enough to just run the tests on the shared lib
+ 
+ if test x"$srcdir" != x""; then
+     builddir="."	# running from make check, but it does not define that
+@@ -14,22 +18,30 @@ builddir=`cd $builddir;pwd`
+ 
+ error=0
+ 
+-bad_globals=`nm -g --defined-only $builddir/../libmpeg2/*.o |\
+-    awk '{if ($3) print $3}' | grep -v '^_\?mpeg2_'`
+-
+-if test x"$bad_globals" != x""; then
+-    echo BAD GLOBAL SYMBOLS:
+-    for s in $bad_globals; do echo $s; done
++# check_bad_public_symbols <symbol prefix> <lib file> [<lib file>...]
++#
++# checks public symbols in shared libs:
++# - allow prefix_anything
++# - reject _prefixanything
++# - allow _anything
++# - reject anything else
++#
++# NB: skips missing files
++check_bad_public_symbols() {
++    symbols_prefix="$1"
++    shift
++    lib_files=`ls "$@" 2>/dev/null`
++    [ -z "$lib_files" ] && return
++    bad_globals=`nm -g --defined-only $lib_files |
++        awk '{if ($3) print $3}' |
++        sed -n "/^${symbols_prefix}_/ d; /^_${symbols_prefix}/ { p; d }; /^_/ d; p"`
++    [ -z "$bad_globals" ] && return
+     error=1
+-fi
+-
+-bad_globals=`nm -g --defined-only $builddir/../libmpeg2/convert/*.o |\
+-    awk '{if ($3) print $3}' | grep -v '^_\?mpeg2convert_'`
++    echo BAD GLOBAL SYMBOLS in $lib_files:
++    echo "$bad_globals"
++}
+ 
+-if test x"$bad_globals" != x""; then
+-    echo BAD GLOBAL SYMBOLS:
+-    for s in $bad_globals; do echo $s; done
+-    error=1
+-fi
++check_bad_public_symbols mpeg2 $builddir/../libmpeg2/.libs/libmpeg2.so
++check_bad_public_symbols mpeg2convert $builddir/../libmpeg2/convert/.libs/libmpeg2convert.so
+ 
+ exit $error
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/mpeg2dec/mpeg2dec_0.5.1.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/mpeg2dec/mpeg2dec_0.5.1.bb
index 7711c2d..6b59d4f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/mpeg2dec/mpeg2dec_0.5.1.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/mpeg2dec/mpeg2dec_0.5.1.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
            file://altivec_h_needed.patch \
            file://0001-check-for-available-arm-optimizations.patch \
            file://0002-Set-visibility-of-global-symbols-used-in-ARM-specifi.patch \
+           file://61_global-symbol-test.patch \
            "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/libmpeg2-${PV}"