diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/cross-localedef-native_2.16.bb b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/cross-localedef-native_2.16.bb
index 47f0834003..a79a276ae4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/cross-localedef-native_2.16.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/cross-localedef-native_2.16.bb
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${LIC_DIR}/LICENSES;md5=98a1128c4b58120182cbea3b1752d
 inherit native
 inherit autotools
 
-PR = "r0"
+# pick up an eglibc-2.16 patch
+FILESPATH = "${FILE_DIRNAME}/eglibc-${PV}"
+
+PR = "r1"
 SRCREV="19383"
 EGLIBC_BRANCH="eglibc-2_16"
-SRC_URI = "svn://www.eglibc.org/svn/branches/;module=${EGLIBC_BRANCH};protocol=http "
+SRC_URI = "svn://www.eglibc.org/svn/branches/;module=${EGLIBC_BRANCH};protocol=http \
+	   file://fix_for_centos_5.8.patch;patchdir=.. \
+	  "
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${EGLIBC_BRANCH}/localedef"
 
 do_unpack_append() {
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-2.16/fix_for_centos_5.8.patch b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-2.16/fix_for_centos_5.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7618c99534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-2.16/fix_for_centos_5.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [other]
+
+This is a hack to fix building the locale bits on an older
+CentOs 5.X machine
+
+Index: eglibc-2_16/libc/locale/programs/config.h
+===================================================================
+--- eglibc-2_16.orig/libc/locale/programs/config.h
++++ eglibc-2_16/libc/locale/programs/config.h
+@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
+ #ifndef _LD_CONFIG_H
+ #define _LD_CONFIG_H	1
+ 
++#define DUMMY_LOCALE_T
++
+ /* Use the internal textdomain used for libc messages.  */
+ #define PACKAGE _libc_intl_domainname
+ #ifndef VERSION