diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/files/0001-ensure-the-use-correct-gcc-tools.patch b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/files/0001-ensure-the-use-correct-gcc-tools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1760613f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/files/0001-ensure-the-use-correct-gcc-tools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 7f5bc2099f1bf7a83dfa8d1ae5f4fe03104ce37e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:35:25 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] ensure the use correct gcc tools
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+---
+ cmake/modules/LXQtCompilerSettings.cmake | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/LXQtCompilerSettings.cmake b/cmake/modules/LXQtCompilerSettings.cmake
+index 2b1e774..6974732 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/LXQtCompilerSettings.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/LXQtCompilerSettings.cmake
+@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR LXQT_COMPILER_IS_CLANGCXX)
+         #   http://hubicka.blogspot.tw/2014/04/linktime-optimization-in-gcc-2-firefox.html
+         #   https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/1065/commits/1855213c8fb8f8727f4107716aab8e7ba826462b
+         if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "4.9.0")  # gcc >= 4.9
+-            set(CMAKE_AR "gcc-ar")
+-            set(CMAKE_RANLIB "gcc-ranlib")
++            set(CMAKE_AR "$ENV{AR}")
++            set(CMAKE_RANLIB "$ENV{RANLIB}")
+         endif()
+     elseif (LXQT_COMPILER_IS_CLANGCXX)
+         # The link-time optimization of clang++/llvm seems to be too aggrassive.
+-- 
+2.9.3
+
diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/lxqt-build-tools_git.bb b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/lxqt-build-tools_git.bb
index 8444d63f..d1baca23 100644
--- a/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/lxqt-build-tools_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/lxqt-build-tools/lxqt-build-tools_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ do_configure_append() {
     sed -i 's:set(LXQT_ETC_XDG_DIR.*:set(LXQT_ETC_XDG_DIR        "${sysconfdir}/xdg"):' ${B}/install/LXQtConfigVars.cmake
 }
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/lxde/${BPN}.git;protocol=git;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = " \
+    git://github.com/lxde/${BPN}.git \
+    file://0001-ensure-the-use-correct-gcc-tools.patch \
+"
 SRCREV = "b38c9e0d12877702f0d12b749f69579626c36054"
 PV = "0.3.2"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"