diff --git a/core/libtool/armv7h-nopic.patch b/core/libtool/armv7h-nopic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..713aa24b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/libtool/armv7h-nopic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libtool-2.4.2/tests/demo-nopic.test.orig	2013-10-10 10:55:49.686651787 -0500
++++ libtool-2.4.2/tests/demo-nopic.test	2013-10-10 05:45:45.027421384 -0500
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ . tests/defs || exit 1
+ 
+ case "$host" in
+-hppa*|x86_64*|s390*)
++hppa*|x86_64*|s390*|arm*)
+ 	func_skip "$host doesn't like non-PIC shared libs"
+ 	;;
+ *-solaris*|*-sunos*)