diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/blktrace/blktrace/dso_linking_change_build_fix.patch b/meta/recipes-kernel/blktrace/blktrace/dso_linking_change_build_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b7433900d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/blktrace/blktrace/dso_linking_change_build_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+after gcc linking has changed, all the libraries must be explicitely specified 
+This patch avoids this linking error:
+
+| make[1]: Entering directory `/disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/work/i586-poky-linux/blktrace-1.0.1+git0+1e09f6e9012826fca69fa07222b7bc53c3e629ee-r1/git/btreplay'^M
+| ccache i586-poky-linux-gcc -march=i586 --sysroot=/disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/sysroots/i586-poky-linux -fexpensive-optimizations -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -O2 -ggdb -feliminate-unused-debug-types -I. -I.. -I../btt -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -UCOUNT_IOS -UDEBUG -DNDEBUG -o btreplay btreplay.o -laio -lrt^M
+| /disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/libexec/i586-poky-linux/gcc/i586-poky-linux/4.5.1/ld: >: invalid DSO for symbol `pthread_join@@GLIBC_2.0' definition^M
+| /disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/sysroots/i586-poky-linux/lib/libpthread.so.0: could not read symbols: Bad value^M
+| collect2: ld returned 1 exit status^M
+| make[1]: *** [btreplay] Error 1
+
+Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
+Date: 2011/01/11
+
+Index: git/btreplay/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- git.orig/btreplay/Makefile
++++ git/btreplay/Makefile
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ XCFLAGS	= -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOU
+ override CFLAGS += $(INCS) $(XCFLAGS) $(OCFLAGS)
+ 
+ PROGS	= btrecord btreplay
+-LIBS	= -laio -lrt
++LIBS	= -laio -lrt -lpthread
+ 
+ all: depend $(PROGS)
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/blktrace/blktrace_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/blktrace/blktrace_git.bb
index 85e4a4b3ce..7cd8127e8a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/blktrace/blktrace_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/blktrace/blktrace_git.bb
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=393a5ca445f6965873eca0259a17f833"
 
 DEPENDS = "libaio"
 
-PR = r1
+PR = r2
 PV = "1.0.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git;protocol=git \
-           file://blktrace-makefile.patch"
+           file://blktrace-makefile.patch \
+           file://dso_linking_change_build_fix.patch"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "588aa9ab8a14d1766ab3f061d728ed89"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f3cb6a3df1b3dc67369c7c4da3444a7897aa8a18e55937b368e0a6aa2f64b3aa"