diff --git a/boot/uboot/uboot.mk b/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
index 5da339850d..58dd906a27 100644
--- a/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
+++ b/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ define UBOOT_APPLY_LOCAL_PATCHES
 endef
 UBOOT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += UBOOT_APPLY_LOCAL_PATCHES
 
+# This is equivalent to upstream commit
+# http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commitdiff;h=e0d20dc1521e74b82dbd69be53a048847798a90a. It
+# fixes a build failure when libfdt-devel is installed system-wide.
+define UBOOT_FIXUP_LIBFDT_INCLUDE
+	$(SED) 's%-I$$(srctree)/lib/libfdt%-I$$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt%' $(@D)/tools/Makefile
+endef
+UBOOT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += UBOOT_FIXUP_LIBFDT_INCLUDE
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_LEGACY),y)
 define UBOOT_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) 	\