diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm/rpm-lsb-compatibility.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm/rpm-lsb-compatibility.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7101e5cbda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm/rpm-lsb-compatibility.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Enable platform tag matching workaround in OE.
+
+When installing some LSB packages the 'platform' field in the package
+appears to be invalid.  Instead of relying solely on the platform comparison
+we also want to generate a perceived platform based on the valid rpm contents
+of arch and os.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
+
+Index: rpm-5.4.9/lib/depends.c
+===================================================================
+--- rpm-5.4.9.orig/lib/depends.c
++++ rpm-5.4.9/lib/depends.c
+@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int rpmtsAddInstallElement(rpmts ts, Hea
+ 	    platform = rpmExpand(arch, "-unknown-", os, NULL);
+ 
+ 	rc = rpmPlatformScore(platform, platpat, nplatpat);
+-#if defined(RPM_VENDOR_MANDRIVA)
++#if defined(RPM_VENDOR_MANDRIVA) || defined(RPM_VENDOR_OE)
+ 	/*
+ 	 * If no match on platform tag, we'll try again with arch tag
+ 	 * in case platform tag is inconsistent with it, which is the case
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bb
index 3f4854eb6a..bd05336ba0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.9.bb
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.rpm5.org/files/rpm/rpm-5.4/rpm-5.4.9-0.20120508.src.rpm;ex
 	   file://rpm-platform2.patch \
 	   file://rpm-remove-sykcparse-decl.patch \
 	   file://debugedit-segv.patch \
-     file://rpm-platform-file-fix.patch \
+	   file://rpm-platform-file-fix.patch \
+	   file://rpm-lsb-compatibility.patch \
 	  "
 
 # Uncomment the following line to enable platform score debugging