diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/ldflags.patch b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/ldflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4313d2c797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial/ldflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Obey LDFLAGS
+
+Signed-off-by: Christopher Larson <chris_larson@mentor.com>
+Upstream-status: Pending
+
+--- setserial-2.17.orig/Makefile.in
++++ setserial-2.17/Makefile.in
+@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ STRIP = @STRIP@
+ CC = @CC@
+ RM = rm -f
+ CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
++LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+ DEFS = @DEFS@
+ INCS = -I.
+ TAR = tar
+@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ TAR = tar
+ all: setserial setserial.cat
+
+ setserial: setserial.c
+-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) setserial.c -o setserial
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) setserial.c -o setserial
+
+ setserial.cat: setserial.8
+	nroff -man setserial.8 > setserial.cat
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb
index f1e8cd3392..8dbddd7dc5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/setserial/setserial_2.17.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ inherit autotools-brokensep
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/setserial/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://add_stdlib.patch \
+           file://ldflags.patch \
           "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "c4867d72c41564318e0107745eb7a0f2"