diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.17/001-fix_avr32_compile b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.17/001-fix_avr32_compile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..385f7289c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.17/001-fix_avr32_compile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- binutils-2.17/config.sub.orig	2008-05-15 22:28:28.000000000 -0500
++++ binutils-2.17/config.sub	2008-05-15 22:28:11.000000000 -0500
+@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
+ 	| alpha | alphaev[4-8] | alphaev56 | alphaev6[78] | alphapca5[67] \
+ 	| alpha64 | alpha64ev[4-8] | alpha64ev56 | alpha64ev6[78] | alpha64pca5[67] \
+ 	| am33_2.0 \
+-	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv[2345] | armv[345][lb] | avr \
++	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv[2345] | armv[345][lb] | avr | avr32 \
+ 	| bfin \
+ 	| c4x | clipper \
+ 	| d10v | d30v | dlx | dsp16xx \
+@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
+ 	| alpha64-* | alpha64ev[4-8]-* | alpha64ev56-* | alpha64ev6[78]-* \
+ 	| alphapca5[67]-* | alpha64pca5[67]-* | arc-* \
+ 	| arm-*  | armbe-* | armle-* | armeb-* | armv*-* \
+-	| avr-* \
++	| avr-* | avr32-* \
+ 	| bfin-* | bs2000-* \
+ 	| c[123]* | c30-* | [cjt]90-* | c4x-* | c54x-* | c55x-* | c6x-* \
+ 	| clipper-* | craynv-* | cydra-* \