--- /dev/null
+The package attempts to build a statically-linked host binary, futility_s,
+which is not used anywhere in buildroot but may be causing build failures
+if the build host lacks static libc.
+
+Signed-off-by: Alex Suykov <alex.suykov@gmail.com>
+
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@
+ # new Firmware Utility
+
+ .PHONY: futil
+-futil: ${FUTIL_STATIC_BIN} ${FUTIL_BIN}
++futil: ${FUTIL_BIN}
+
+ ${FUTIL_STATIC_BIN}: ${FUTIL_STATIC_OBJS} ${UTILLIB}
+ @${PRINTF} " LD $(subst ${BUILD}/,,$@)\n"
+@@ -1091,10 +1091,10 @@
+ ${Q}${LD} -o $@ ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} $^ ${LDLIBS}
+
+ .PHONY: futil_install
+-futil_install: ${FUTIL_BIN} ${FUTIL_STATIC_BIN}
++futil_install: ${FUTIL_BIN}
+ @${PRINTF} " INSTALL futility\n"
+ ${Q}mkdir -p ${UB_DIR}
+- ${Q}${INSTALL} -t ${UB_DIR} ${FUTIL_BIN} ${FUTIL_STATIC_BIN}
++ ${Q}${INSTALL} -t ${UB_DIR} ${FUTIL_BIN}
+ ${Q}for prog in ${FUTIL_SYMLINKS}; do \
+ ln -sf futility "${UB_DIR}/$$prog"; done
+