diff --git a/patches/binutils/2.22/500-fix-struct-stat.patch b/patches/binutils/2.22/500-fix-struct-stat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5572abf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/binutils/2.22/500-fix-struct-stat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff -ur binutils-2.22.org/bfd/bfd-in2.h binutils-2.22/bfd/bfd-in2.h
+--- binutils-2.22.org/bfd/bfd-in2.h	2011-09-16 03:15:18.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.22/bfd/bfd-in2.h	2012-11-03 18:25:20.365668349 +0100
+@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
+ #ifndef __BFD_H_SEEN__
+ #define __BFD_H_SEEN__
+ 
++#include <sys/stat.h>
++
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+ extern "C" {
+ #endif
+@@ -308,8 +310,6 @@
+    && (sec)->sec_info_type != ELF_INFO_TYPE_MERGE		\
+    && (sec)->sec_info_type != ELF_INFO_TYPE_JUST_SYMS)
+ 
+-/* Forward define.  */
+-struct stat;
+ 
+ typedef enum bfd_print_symbol
+ {
+diff -ur binutils-2.22.org/bfd/bfd-in.h binutils-2.22/bfd/bfd-in.h
+--- binutils-2.22.org/bfd/bfd-in.h	2011-09-16 03:15:18.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.22/bfd/bfd-in.h	2012-11-03 18:24:43.397783645 +0100
+@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
+ #ifndef __BFD_H_SEEN__
+ #define __BFD_H_SEEN__
+ 
++#include <sys/stat.h>
++
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+ extern "C" {
+ #endif
+@@ -301,8 +303,6 @@
+    && (sec)->sec_info_type != ELF_INFO_TYPE_MERGE		\
+    && (sec)->sec_info_type != ELF_INFO_TYPE_JUST_SYMS)
+ 
+-/* Forward define.  */
+-struct stat;
+ 
+ typedef enum bfd_print_symbol
+ {