diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio-2.8/statdef.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio-2.8/statdef.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a00799f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio-2.8/statdef.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [licensing]
+
+# Avoid multiple stat definitions
+# Patch taken from cpio mailing list posting 2010-03-19
+
+diff -urN cpio-2.11.orig/src/filetypes.h cpio-2.11/src/filetypes.h
+--- cpio-2.11.orig/src/filetypes.h	2010-02-12 02:19:23.000000000 -0800
++++ cpio-2.11/src/filetypes.h	2010-07-23 13:17:25.000000000 -0700
+@@ -82,4 +82,6 @@
+ #define lstat stat
+ #endif
+ int lstat ();
++#ifndef stat
+ int stat ();
++#endif