diff --git a/libports/lib/mk/libc-common.inc b/libports/lib/mk/libc-common.inc
index f61d38e98..3e74a431f 100644
--- a/libports/lib/mk/libc-common.inc
+++ b/libports/lib/mk/libc-common.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-LIBC_DIR = $(REP_DIR)/contrib/libc-8.2.0
+#
+# We use 'select_from_repositories' rather than specifying the patch via
+# 'REP_DIR' to enable other repositories to include this file. For example,
+# this enables 'ports/lib/mk/seoul_libc_support.mk' to reuse the definitions.
+#
+
+LIBC_DIR = $(call select_from_repositories,contrib/libc-8.2.0)
 
 # local libc includes
 INC_DIR += $(LIBC_DIR)/libc/locale
@@ -24,4 +30,4 @@ CC_OPT += -DPIC
 #
 # Use libc import rules also for building the libc itself
 #
-include $(REP_DIR)/lib/import/import-libc.mk
+include $(call select_from_repositories,lib/import/import-libc.mk)
diff --git a/ports/lib/import/import-seoul_libc_support.mk b/ports/lib/import/import-seoul_libc_support.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6981d3ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/lib/import/import-seoul_libc_support.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include $(call select_from_repositories,lib/import/import-libc.mk)
diff --git a/ports/lib/mk/seoul_libc_support.mk b/ports/lib/mk/seoul_libc_support.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cba5f3500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/lib/mk/seoul_libc_support.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+include $(call select_from_repositories,lib/mk/libc-common.inc)
+
+SRC_C  = stdlib/strtoul.c
+SRC_C += $(addprefix string/,strchr.c strncpy.c strspn.c strcspn.c strstr.c strlen.c strnlen.c strcpy.c memcmp.c strcmp.c)
+SRC_C += sys/__error.c gen/errno.c locale/none.c locale/table.c
+
+vpath %.c $(LIBC_DIR)/libc