diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6d2fbf0d7b..72b21584c3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	Fixes all over the tree.
 
 	Updated/fixed packages: aumix, avahi, busybox, cairo, cdrkit,
-	fltk, gettext, gmpc, grep, hal, iconv, libcgicc, libglib2,
+	fltk, gettext, gmpc, grep, hal, iconv, icu, libcgicc, libglib2,
 	libidn, libmpd, libpcap, libsoup, lmbench, ltrace, lvm2, make,
 	mtd-utils, mutt, netsnmp, ntp, pango, php, psmisc, qt, samba,
 	sshfs, startup-notification, uemacs, util-linux, vpnc
diff --git a/package/icu/icu-both-elif-no-arguments.patch b/package/icu/icu-both-elif-no-arguments.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8941c53b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/icu/icu-both-elif-no-arguments.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[PATCH] icu: fix #elif without arguments
+
+ParagraphLayout.cpp contains an #elif without any arguments, which
+g++ >= 4.4 flags as an error. Fix it by replacing it with an #else.
+
+Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
+---
+ source/layoutex/ParagraphLayout.cpp |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: source/layoutex/ParagraphLayout.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- source.orig/layoutex/ParagraphLayout.cpp
++++ source/layoutex/ParagraphLayout.cpp
+@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ le_int32 ParagraphLayout::getLanguageCod
+ 
+     return nullLanguageCode;
+ }
+-#elif
++#else
+ 
+ // TODO - dummy implementation for right now...
+ le_int32 ParagraphLayout::getLanguageCode(const Locale *locale)
diff --git a/package/icu/icu.mk b/package/icu/icu.mk
index 589c31fbb8..17f153e64d 100644
--- a/package/icu/icu.mk
+++ b/package/icu/icu.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ $(ICU_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(ICU_SOURCE)
 	$(CONFIG_UPDATE) $(ICU_DIR)
 	cp -a $(BUILD_DIR)/icu $(BUILD_DIR)/icu-host
 	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(ICU_DIR) package/icu/ \*.patch
+	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(ICU_HOST_DIR) package/icu/ \*both\*.patch
 	touch $(ICU_DIR)/.unpacked
 
 $(ICU_HOST_DIR)/.configured: $(ICU_DIR)/.unpacked
@@ -45,13 +46,13 @@ $(ICU_DIR)/.configured: $(ICU_HOST_DIR)/.configured
 	touch $(ICU_DIR)/.configured
 
 $(ICU_HOST_DIR)/.done: $(ICU_DIR)/.configured
-	$(MAKE) -C $(ICU_HOST_DIR)
+	$(MAKE1) -C $(ICU_HOST_DIR)
 	ln -s -f $(ICU_HOST_DIR)/bin $(ICU_DIR)/bin-host
 	ln -s -f $(ICU_HOST_DIR)/lib $(ICU_DIR)/lib-host
 	touch $(ICU_HOST_DIR)/.done
 
 $(ICU_DIR)/.done: $(ICU_HOST_DIR)/.done
-	$(MAKE) -C $(ICU_DIR)
+	$(MAKE1) -C $(ICU_DIR)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(ICU_DIR) install DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(ICU_DIR) install DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR)
 	$(SED) "s,^default_prefix=.*,default_prefix=\'$(STAGING_DIR)/usr\',g" $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/icu-config