diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5term/0001-add-makefile-flags.patch b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5term/0001-add-makefile-flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d13ef4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5term/0001-add-makefile-flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 688f7103e08318edbd48cf830c0ab3a048761bbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adrian Herrera <adrian.herrera@arm.com>
+Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:45:59 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] util: m5term, fix LDFLAGS, standard make variables
+
+Enables build systems to provide necessary flags to build m5term.
+Useful specially if a different linker is intended to be used.
+
+Change-Id: If7f867cc0965d6ad4627b5421e00a99cc3d64989
+Signed-off-by: Adrian Herrera <adrian.herrera@arm.com>
+
+Upstream-Status: Accepted [https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/38256]
+Expected version: v20.2
+---
+
+diff --git a/util/term/Makefile b/util/term/Makefile
+index 658b961..4aa1c52 100644
+--- a/util/term/Makefile
++++ b/util/term/Makefile
+@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
+ # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ 
+-CCFLAGS= -g -O0
++CFLAGS ?= -g -O0
+ 
+ default: m5term
+ 
+ m5term: term.c
+-	$(CC) $(LFLAGS) -o $@ $^
++	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)
+ 
+ install: m5term
+ 	$(SUDO) install -o root -m 555 m5term /usr/local/bin