diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/Makevars b/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/Makevars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b09f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/Makevars
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Makefile variables for PO directory in any package using GNU gettext.
+
+# Usually the message domain is the same as the package name.
+DOMAIN = $(PACKAGE)
+
+# These two variables depend on the location of this directory.
+subdir = po
+top_builddir = ..
+
+# These options get passed to xgettext.
+XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_
+
+# This is the copyright holder that gets inserted into the header of the
+# $(DOMAIN).pot file.  Set this to the copyright holder of the surrounding
+# package.  (Note that the msgstr strings, extracted from the package's
+# sources, belong to the copyright holder of the package.)  Translators are
+# expected to transfer the copyright for their translations to this person
+# or entity, or to disclaim their copyright.  The empty string stands for
+# the public domain; in this case the translators are expected to disclaim
+# their copyright.
+COPYRIGHT_HOLDER = Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This is the list of locale categories, beyond LC_MESSAGES, for which the
+# message catalogs shall be used.  It is usually empty.
+EXTRA_LOCALE_CATEGORIES =
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/fix_return_type.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/fix_return_type.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..836551e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/fix_return_type.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Change the getline return type to match its declaration.
+
+Signed-off-by: Dongxiao Xu <dongxiao.xu@intel.com>
+
+diff -urN sed-4.1.2-orig/lib/getline.c sed-4.1.2/lib/getline.c
+--- sed-4.1.2-orig/lib/getline.c	2010-08-31 08:47:50.070094024 +0800
++++ sed-4.1.2/lib/getline.c	2010-08-31 08:48:50.982178172 +0800
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
+    necessary.  Returns the number of characters read (not including the
+    null terminator), or -1 on error or EOF.  */
+ 
+-size_t
++ssize_t
+ getline (lineptr, n, stream)
+      char **lineptr;
+      size_t *n;
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/sed-4.1.2_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/sed-4.1.2_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8059406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sed/sed-4.1.2/sed-4.1.2_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+automake-1.12.x has deprecated use of @mkdir_p@, fix the issue by using @MKDIR_P@ instead.
+
+Avoid this build issue:
+| make[1]: mkdir_p@: Command not found
+| make[1]: *** [install-data-yes] Error 127
+
+Signed-Off-By: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
+2012/07/13
+
+Index: sed-4.1.2/intl/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- sed-4.1.2.orig/intl/Makefile.in
++++ sed-4.1.2/intl/Makefile.in
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ subdir = intl
+ INSTALL = @INSTALL@
+ INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
+ mkinstalldirs = $(mkdir_p)
+-mkdir_p = @mkdir_p@
++mkdir_p = @MKDIR_P@
+ 
+ l = @INTL_LIBTOOL_SUFFIX_PREFIX@
+ 
+Index: sed-4.1.2/po/Makefile.in.in
+===================================================================
+--- sed-4.1.2.orig/po/Makefile.in.in
++++ sed-4.1.2/po/Makefile.in.in
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ gettextsrcdir = $(datadir)/gettext/po
+ INSTALL = /srv/home/nitin/builds2/build0/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/bin/install -c
+ INSTALL_DATA = ${INSTALL} -m 644
+ mkinstalldirs = $(mkdir_p)
+-mkdir_p = @mkdir_p@
++mkdir_p = @MKDIR_P@
+ 
+ CC = i586-poky-linux-gcc  -m32   -march=i586 --sysroot=/srv/home/nitin/builds2/build0/tmp/sysroots/qemux86
+ GMSGFMT = /srv/home/nitin/builds2/build0/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/bin/msgfmt