diff --git a/package/zlib-ng/0001-Use-static-keyword-for-vec_sumsu-to-prevent-undefine.patch b/package/zlib-ng/0001-Use-static-keyword-for-vec_sumsu-to-prevent-undefine.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc103215de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/zlib-ng/0001-Use-static-keyword-for-vec_sumsu-to-prevent-undefine.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 677f56825f7080403e18e57ffe8177f3df290f20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nathan Moinvaziri <nathan@nathanm.com>
+Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:59:01 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Use static keyword for vec_sumsu to prevent undefined
+ reference error when g++ linking.
+
+Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+---
+ arch/power/adler32_power8.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/arch/power/adler32_power8.c b/arch/power/adler32_power8.c
+index 029aa3a84c57..fc4086322efc 100644
+--- a/arch/power/adler32_power8.c
++++ b/arch/power/adler32_power8.c
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+ #include "adler32_p.h"
+ 
+ /* Vector across sum unsigned int (saturate).  */
+-inline vector unsigned int vec_sumsu(vector unsigned int __a, vector unsigned int __b) {
++static inline vector unsigned int vec_sumsu(vector unsigned int __a, vector unsigned int __b) {
+     __b = vec_sld(__a, __a, 8);
+     __b = vec_add(__b, __a);
+     __a = vec_sld(__b, __b, 4);
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff --git a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
index 938acd4181..fb497b8c11 100644
--- a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
+++ b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
@@ -23,10 +23,4 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_arm),y)
 ZLIB_NG_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_ACLE=1 -DWITH_NEON=1
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc_power8),y)
-ZLIB_NG_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_POWER8=ON
-else
-ZLIB_NG_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_POWER8=OFF
-endif
-
 $(eval $(cmake-package))