diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/dpkg-deb-avoid-fflush.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/dpkg-deb-avoid-fflush.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5d6b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/dpkg-deb-avoid-fflush.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+From 78eaf928d30d0b16e05d8d63c55a3632a135ed9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 00:51:13 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] dpkg-deb: Use fd instead of stream based buffered I/O
+
+Behaviour of fflush() on input streams is undefined per POSIX, avoid
+mixing stream and file descriptor based I/O, and only use the latter
+instead.
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport of revision 2d420ee1d05033d237462a0075facfe406b08043 (in 1.16.x)
+
+---
+ dpkg-deb/extract.c |   83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
+ 1 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/dpkg-deb/extract.c b/dpkg-deb/extract.c
+index 22aea98..0f5ac88 100644
+--- a/dpkg-deb/extract.c
++++ b/dpkg-deb/extract.c
+@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <dirent.h>
++#include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <ar.h>
+ #include <stdbool.h>
+@@ -61,13 +62,41 @@ static void movecontrolfiles(const char *thing) {
+ }
+ 
+ static void DPKG_ATTR_NORET
+-readfail(FILE *a, const char *filename, const char *what)
++read_fail(int rc, const char *filename, const char *what)
+ {
+-  if (ferror(a)) {
+-    ohshite(_("error reading %s from file %.255s"), what, filename);
+-  } else {
++  if (rc == 0)
+     ohshit(_("unexpected end of file in %s in %.255s"),what,filename);
++  else
++    ohshite(_("error reading %s from file %.255s"), what, filename);
++}
++
++static ssize_t
++read_line(int fd, char *buf, size_t min_size, size_t max_size)
++{
++  ssize_t line_size = 0;
++  size_t n = min_size;
++
++  while (line_size < (ssize_t)max_size) {
++    ssize_t r;
++    char *nl;
++
++    r = read(fd, buf + line_size, n);
++    if (r <= 0)
++      return r;
++
++    nl = strchr(buf + line_size, '\n');
++    line_size += r;
++
++    if (nl != NULL) {
++      nl[1] = '\0';
++      return line_size;
++    }
++
++    n = 1;
+   }
++
++  buf[line_size] = '\0';
++  return line_size;
+ }
+ 
+ static size_t
+@@ -115,19 +144,26 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+   char versionbuf[40];
+   float versionnum;
+   size_t ctrllennum, memberlen= 0;
++  ssize_t r;
+   int dummy;
+   pid_t c1=0,c2,c3;
+   int p1[2], p2[2];
+-  FILE *ar;
++  int arfd;
+   struct stat stab;
+   char nlc;
+   int adminmember;
+   bool oldformat, header_done;
+   struct compressor *decompressor = &compressor_gzip;
+   
+-  ar= fopen(debar,"r"); if (!ar) ohshite(_("failed to read archive `%.255s'"),debar);
+-  if (fstat(fileno(ar),&stab)) ohshite(_("failed to fstat archive"));
+-  if (!fgets(versionbuf,sizeof(versionbuf),ar)) readfail(ar,debar,_("version number"));
++  arfd = open(debar, O_RDONLY);
++  if (arfd < 0)
++    ohshite(_("failed to read archive `%.255s'"), debar);
++  if (fstat(arfd, &stab))
++    ohshite(_("failed to fstat archive"));
++
++  r = read_line(arfd, versionbuf, strlen(DPKG_AR_MAGIC), sizeof(versionbuf));
++  if (r < 0)
++    read_fail(r, debar, _("archive magic version number"));
+ 
+   if (!strcmp(versionbuf, DPKG_AR_MAGIC)) {
+     oldformat = false;
+@@ -137,8 +173,9 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+     for (;;) {
+       struct ar_hdr arh;
+ 
+-      if (fread(&arh,1,sizeof(arh),ar) != sizeof(arh))
+-        readfail(ar,debar,_("between members"));
++      r = read(arfd, &arh, sizeof(arh));
++      if (r != sizeof(arh))
++        read_fail(r, debar, _("archive member header"));
+ 
+       dpkg_ar_normalize_name(&arh);
+ 
+@@ -153,8 +190,9 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+         if (strncmp(arh.ar_name, DEBMAGIC, sizeof(arh.ar_name)) != 0)
+           ohshit(_("file `%.250s' is not a debian binary archive (try dpkg-split?)"),debar);
+         infobuf= m_malloc(memberlen+1);
+-        if (fread(infobuf,1, memberlen + (memberlen&1), ar) != memberlen + (memberlen&1))
+-          readfail(ar,debar,_("header info member"));
++        r = read(arfd, infobuf, memberlen + (memberlen & 1));
++        if ((size_t)r != (memberlen + (memberlen & 1)))
++          read_fail(r, debar, _("archive information header member"));
+         infobuf[memberlen] = '\0';
+         cur= strchr(infobuf,'\n');
+         if (!cur) ohshit(_("archive has no newlines in header"));
+@@ -174,7 +212,8 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+           /* Members with `_' are noncritical, and if we don't understand them
+            * we skip them.
+            */
+-	stream_null_copy(ar, memberlen + (memberlen&1),_("skipped member data from %s"), debar);
++        fd_null_copy(arfd, memberlen + (memberlen & 1),
++                     _("skipped archive member data from %s"), debar);
+       } else {
+ 	if (strncmp(arh.ar_name, ADMINMEMBER, sizeof(arh.ar_name)) == 0)
+ 	  adminmember = 1;
+@@ -198,7 +237,8 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+           ctrllennum= memberlen;
+         }
+         if (!adminmember != !admininfo) {
+-	  stream_null_copy(ar, memberlen + (memberlen&1),_("skipped member data from %s"), debar);
++          fd_null_copy(arfd, memberlen + (memberlen & 1),
++                       _("skipped archive member data from %s"), debar);
+         } else {
+           break; /* Yes ! - found it. */
+         }
+@@ -221,8 +261,10 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+     l = strlen(versionbuf);
+     if (l && versionbuf[l - 1] == '\n')
+       versionbuf[l - 1] = '\0';
+-    if (!fgets(ctrllenbuf,sizeof(ctrllenbuf),ar))
+-      readfail(ar, debar, _("control information length"));
++
++    r = read_line(arfd, ctrllenbuf, 1, sizeof(ctrllenbuf));
++    if (r < 0)
++      read_fail(r, debar, _("archive control member size"));
+     if (sscanf(ctrllenbuf,"%zi%c%d",&ctrllennum,&nlc,&dummy) !=2 || nlc != '\n')
+       ohshit(_("archive has malformatted control length `%s'"), ctrllenbuf);
+ 
+@@ -230,7 +272,8 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+       memberlen = ctrllennum;
+     } else {
+       memberlen = stab.st_size - ctrllennum - strlen(ctrllenbuf) - l;
+-      stream_null_copy(ar, ctrllennum, _("skipped control area from %s"), debar);
++      fd_null_copy(arfd, ctrllennum,
++                   _("skipped archive control member data from %s"), debar);
+     }
+ 
+     if (admininfo >= 2) {
+@@ -252,13 +295,11 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+ 
+   }
+ 
+-  safe_fflush(ar);
+-
+   m_pipe(p1);
+   c1 = subproc_fork();
+   if (!c1) {
+     close(p1[0]);
+-    stream_fd_copy(ar, p1[1], memberlen, _("failed to write to pipe in copy"));
++    fd_fd_copy(arfd, p1[1], memberlen, _("failed to write to pipe in copy"));
+     if (close(p1[1]))
+       ohshite(_("failed to close pipe in copy"));
+     exit(0);
+@@ -275,7 +316,7 @@ void extracthalf(const char *debar, const char *directory,
+     decompress_filter(decompressor, 0, 1, _("data"));
+   }
+   close(p1[0]);
+-  fclose(ar);
++  close(arfd);
+   if (taroption) close(p2[1]);
+ 
+   if (taroption && directory) {
+-- 
+1.7.7.6
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.8.7.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.8.7.bb
index f1030fa..1e7ef25 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.8.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.8.7.bb
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ SRC_URI += "file://noman.patch \
             file://check_snprintf.patch \
             file://check_version.patch \
             file://perllibdir.patch \
-            file://preinst.patch"
+            file://preinst.patch \
+            file://dpkg-deb-avoid-fflush.patch"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "d1731d4147c1ea3b537a4d094519a6dc"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1ec1376471b04717a4497e5d7a27cd545248c92116898ce0c53ced8ea94267b5"
 
-PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
+PR = "${INC_PR}.4"