diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils/stdlib-mb-cur-max.patch b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils/stdlib-mb-cur-max.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..732fa5b6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils/stdlib-mb-cur-max.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
+
+From ca6c179226864bff23f2b062518cf885bb42ce56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:26:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] stdlib: Fix error when cross-compiling.
+
+Reported by Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@neuf.fr> in
+<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2023-04/msg00220.html>.
+
+* m4/stdlib_h.m4 (gl_STDLIB_H): Provide a 4th argument to AC_RUN_IFELSE.
+---
+ ChangeLog      | 7 +++++++
+ m4/stdlib_h.m4 | 4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/m4/stdlib_h.m4 b/m4/stdlib_h.m4
+index 3274ea4948..f47c1eb37b 100644
+--- a/m4/stdlib_h.m4
++++ b/m4/stdlib_h.m4
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int main ()
+   return result;
+ }]])],
+           [gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=yes],
+-          [gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=no]
++          [gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=no],
+           [:])
+       fi
+     ])
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_9.3.bb b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_9.3.bb
index 4ec953c575..25da988f50 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_9.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_9.3.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ inherit autotools gettext texinfo
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/coreutils/${BP}.tar.xz \
            file://remove-usr-local-lib-from-m4.patch \
            file://0001-local.mk-fix-cross-compiling-problem.patch \
+           file://stdlib-mb-cur-max.patch \
            file://run-ptest \
            "