diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools/makefile-add-ldflags.patch b/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools/makefile-add-ldflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..726d8c564d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools/makefile-add-ldflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Add LDFLAGS variable to Makefile, make sure the extra linker flags can be passed.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Yi Zhao <yi.zhao@windriver.com>
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 0c56ade..79f2e2b 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@ clean :
+ 	rm -f ${CONF_SCRIPTS} ${AOE_PING_OBJ} ${AOE_CFG_OBJ} ${SANCHECK_OBJ} ${PROGS}
+ 
+ aoeping : ${AOE_PING_OBJ}
+-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ ${AOE_PING_OBJ}
++	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -o $@ ${AOE_PING_OBJ}
+ aoeping.o : aoeping.c dat.h fns.h
+ 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ -c $<
+ linux.o : linux.c config.h
+ 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ -c $<
+ aoecfg: ${AOE_CFG_OBJ}
+-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ ${AOE_CFG_OBJ}
++	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -o $@ ${AOE_CFG_OBJ}
+ aoecfg.o : aoecfg.c dat.h fns.h
+ 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ -c $<
+ aoe-sancheck : ${SANCHECK_OBJ}
+-	-$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ ${SANCHECK_OBJ} $(SANCHECKLIBS)
++	-$(CC) $(CFLAGS) ${LDFLAGS} -o $@ ${SANCHECK_OBJ} $(SANCHECKLIBS)
+ aoe-sancheck.o : aoe-sancheck.c
+ 	-$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
+ 
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools_36.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools_36.bb
index c382a718ff..9b73b442ab 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools_36.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/aoetools/aoetools_36.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "kernel-module-aoe"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/${BPN}/files/${BPN}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://aoe-stat-no-bashism.patch \
+           file://makefile-add-ldflags.patch \
         "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "bff30daa988a65f69d4448ce4726a6db"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "fb5e2cd0de7644cc1ec04ee3aeb43211cf7445a0c19e13d6b3ed5a8fbdf215ff"