diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/systemtap-_BSD_SOURCE.patch b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/systemtap-_BSD_SOURCE.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62afbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap/systemtap-_BSD_SOURCE.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/staprun/staprun.c b/staprun/staprun.c
+index e4ced77..1db6f5b 100644
+--- a/staprun/staprun.c
++++ b/staprun/staprun.c
+@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@
+  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  * GNU General Public License for more details.
+  *
+  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+  *
+  */
+ 
+ #define _XOPEN_SOURCE
+-#define _BSD_SOURCE
++#define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
+ #include "staprun.h"
+ #include "../privilege.h"
+ #include "../runtime/k_syms.h"
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <sys/uio.h>
+ #include <glob.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <sys/prctl.h>
+ #include <sys/utsname.h>
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
index 56db7b2..72cd313 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap_git.inc
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 SRCREV = "508059f04842ed85d10bfbec8a9c688d57368860"
 PV = "2.5+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git \
            file://docproc-build-fix.patch \
            file://obsolete_automake_macros.patch \
+           file://systemtap-_BSD_SOURCE.patch \
           "
 
 FILESPATH = "${FILE_DIRNAME}/systemtap"
 
 # systemtap doesn't support mips
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = '(x86_64|i.86|powerpc|arm|aarch64).*-linux'
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 # systemtap can't be built without optimization, if someone tries to compile an