diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils-03-memcpy-def.patch b/package/elfutils/elfutils-03-memcpy-def.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb50cf654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils-03-memcpy-def.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Provide a compatibility alias __memcpy
+
+For some reason, libelf uses the internal glibc alias __memcpy, which
+doesn't exist in uClibc. Add a manual alias so that the build can
+proceed with uClibc.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+
+Index: b/libelf/libelf.h
+===================================================================
+--- a/libelf/libelf.h
++++ b/libelf/libelf.h
+@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
+ /* Get the ELF types.  */
+ #include <elf.h>
+ 
++#ifndef _LIBC
++#ifndef __mempcpy
++#define __mempcpy mempcpy
++#endif
++#endif
+ 
+ /* Known translation types.  */
+ typedef enum