diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/files/fix-pcre-name-collision.patch b/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/files/fix-pcre-name-collision.patch
index 6548353121..4b21ffa19a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/files/fix-pcre-name-collision.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/files/fix-pcre-name-collision.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Upstream-Status="Inappropriate [debian patch]"
 
 This patch address a namespace collision with libc.
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/files/pcre-cross.patch b/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/files/pcre-cross.patch
index 0626fb347a..186739590f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/files/pcre-cross.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libpcre/files/pcre-cross.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Upstream-Status="Inappropriate [configuration]"
+
 To be upstreamable, this patch requires check for *_FOR_BUILD, otherwise
 it needs to pass special variables.