diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-5.3.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-5.3.inc
index 3ce089325f..80999c1111 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-5.3.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-5.3.inc
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ SRC_URI = "\
            file://0044-Adding-mmusl-as-a-musl-libc-specifier-and-the-necess.patch \
            file://0045-Support-for-arm-linux-musl.patch \
            file://0046-Get-rid-of-ever-broken-fixincludes-on-musl.patch \
+	   file://0047-Fix-nios2-musl-build.patch \
           "
 
 BACKPORTS = ""
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-5.3/0047-Fix-nios2-musl-build.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-5.3/0047-Fix-nios2-musl-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44cea8485f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-5.3/0047-Fix-nios2-musl-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Naru gcc-5.3.0.orig/gcc/config/nios2/linux.h gcc-5.3.0/gcc/config/nios2/linux.h
+--- gcc-5.3.0.orig/gcc/config/nios2/linux.h	2015-05-28 16:08:37.000000000 +0200
++++ gcc-5.3.0/gcc/config/nios2/linux.h	2016-01-04 02:42:46.878844806 +0100
+@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
+ #define CPP_SPEC "%{posix:-D_POSIX_SOURCE} %{pthread:-D_REENTRANT}"
+ 
+ #define GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER "/lib/ld-linux-nios2.so.1"
++#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER  "/lib/ld-musl-nios2.so.1"
+ 
+ #undef LINK_SPEC
+ #define LINK_SPEC LINK_SPEC_ENDIAN \