diff --git a/shells/bash/mkbuiltins_have_stringize.patch.cross b/shells/bash/mkbuiltins_have_stringize.patch.cross
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73f5faf97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shells/bash/mkbuiltins_have_stringize.patch.cross
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../bash/mkbuiltins_have_stringize.patch.cross
+# Copyright (C) 2013 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+from http://patches.openembedded.org/patch/38919/ and
+http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-mentor/commit/?id=da0ff91
+
+authored by Christopher Larson <chris_larson@mentor.com> for yocto
+
+fixes:
+> undefined reference to `xopen'
+> undefined reference to `xread'
+
+when using FORTIFY_SOURCES during cross compilations of bash 4.2
+
+--- ./builtins/mkbuiltins.c.orig	2013-08-22 11:01:59.845125909 +0200
++++ ./builtins/mkbuiltins.c	2013-08-22 11:03:50.113130203 +0200
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ #  define HAVE_STDLIB_H
+ 
+ #  define HAVE_RENAME
++#  define HAVE_STRINGIZE
+ #endif /* CROSS_COMPILING */
+ 
+ #if defined (HAVE_UNISTD_H)