diff --git a/meta/packages/gnu-config/gnu-config/avr32.patch b/meta/packages/gnu-config/gnu-config/avr32.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43efcd8a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/gnu-config/gnu-config/avr32.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- /tmp/config.sub	2007-06-01 15:29:41.000000000 +0200
++++ config/config.sub	2007-06-01 15:58:50.005251000 +0200
+@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
+ 	| alpha | alphaev[4-8] | alphaev56 | alphaev6[78] | alphapca5[67] \
+ 	| alpha64 | alpha64ev[4-8] | alpha64ev56 | alpha64ev6[78] | alpha64pca5[67] \
+ 	| am33_2.0 \
+-	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv[2345] | armv[345][lb] | avr \
++	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv[2345] | armv[345][lb] | avr | avr32 \
+ 	| bfin \
+ 	| c4x | clipper \
+ 	| d10v | d30v | dlx | dsp16xx \
+@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
+ 	| alpha64-* | alpha64ev[4-8]-* | alpha64ev56-* | alpha64ev6[78]-* \
+ 	| alphapca5[67]-* | alpha64pca5[67]-* | arc-* \
+ 	| arm-*  | armbe-* | armle-* | armeb-* | armv*-* \
+-	| avr-* \
++	| avr-* | avr32-* \
+ 	| bfin-* | bs2000-* \
+ 	| c[123]* | c30-* | [cjt]90-* | c4x-* | c54x-* | c55x-* | c6x-* \
+ 	| clipper-* | craynv-* | cydra-* \
diff --git a/meta/packages/gnu-config/gnu-config_20050701.bb b/meta/packages/gnu-config/gnu-config_20050701.bb
index 2066014adf..2f1b6eb785 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gnu-config/gnu-config_20050701.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gnu-config/gnu-config_20050701.bb
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 
 FIXEDSRCDATE = "${@bb.data.getVar('FILE', d, 1).split('_')[-1].split('.')[0]}"
 PV = "0.1+cvs${FIXEDSRCDATE}"
-PR = "r4"
+PR = "r5"
 
 SRC_URI = "cvs://anonymous@cvs.sv.gnu.org/cvsroot/config;module=config;method=pserver;date=${FIXEDSRCDATE} \
 	   file://config-guess-uclibc.patch;patch=1 \
+           file://avr32.patch;patch=1 \
            file://gnu-configize.in"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/config"