diff --git a/package/rt-tests/03-fix-non-nptl-buil.patch b/package/rt-tests/03-fix-non-nptl-buil.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c65018916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/rt-tests/03-fix-non-nptl-buil.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From c6920f97be02ca3fba9320b043acd578ce4c62d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
+Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:00:13 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: allow building selected tests with non-NPTL
+ toolchain
+
+Some architectures are still stuck with non-NPTL toolchains.
+These are for example ARC, Blackfin, Xtensa etc.
+
+Still rt-tests are very good benchmarks and it would be good to enable use of
+at least selected (those that will be built) tests on those architectures.
+
+This change makes it possible to only build subset of tests that don't require
+NPTL calls.
+
+By default behavior is not modified - all tests are built, but if one wants
+to build with non-NPTL toolchain just add "HAVE_NPTL=no" in command line
+or modify "HAVE_NPTL" variable right in Makefile and execute "make".
+
+This patch was submitted upstream:
+https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg762958.html
+so as soon as it is accepted with the next version bump this patch should be
+removed.
+
+Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
+Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
+Cc: Clark Williams <clark.williams@gmail.com>
+---
+ Makefile | 11 ++++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 318a5c6..675edf7 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+ VERSION_STRING = 0.89
+ 
+-sources = cyclictest.c signaltest.c pi_stress.c rt-migrate-test.c	\
+-	  ptsematest.c sigwaittest.c svsematest.c pmqtest.c sendme.c 	\
+-	  pip_stress.c hackbench.c
++HAVE_NPTL ?= yes
++
++ifeq ($(HAVE_NPTL),yes)
++sources = cyclictest.c pi_stress.c pip_stress.c pmqtest.c rt-migrate-test.c
++endif
++
++sources += signaltest.c ptsematest.c sigwaittest.c svsematest.c sendme.c \
++	  hackbench.c
+ 
+ TARGETS = $(sources:.c=)
+ 
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/package/rt-tests/Config.in b/package/rt-tests/Config.in
index 81e5d065f3..34669b243d 100644
--- a/package/rt-tests/Config.in
+++ b/package/rt-tests/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_RT_TESTS
 	bool "rt-tests"
-	# no _tid field in 'struct sigevent'
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  Set of utilities for testing the real-time behaviour of a
 	  Linux system.
@@ -26,5 +25,5 @@ comment "rt-tests may not work on MIPS with an external uClibc toolchain"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_UCLIBC
 	depends on BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el
 
-comment "rt-tests needs a toolchain w/ NPTL"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+comment "rt-tests needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/rt-tests/rt-tests.mk b/package/rt-tests/rt-tests.mk
index 94f4b1edb9..cc4f9cfba3 100644
--- a/package/rt-tests/rt-tests.mk
+++ b/package/rt-tests/rt-tests.mk
@@ -14,15 +14,21 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
 RT_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES = python
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL),)
+RT_TESTS_HAVE_NPTL=no
+endif
+
 define RT_TESTS_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) 			\
 		CC="$(TARGET_CC)" 		\
+		HAVE_NPTL=$(RT_TESTS_HAVE_NPTL)	\
 		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"	\
 		prefix=/usr
 endef
 
 define RT_TESTS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) 				\
+		HAVE_NPTL=$(RT_TESTS_HAVE_NPTL)		\
 		DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" 		\
 		prefix=/usr 				\
 		$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),HASPYTHON=1 PYLIB=/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages/) \