diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/force-arch.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/force-arch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f4e9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/force-arch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+Add the --force-arch option
+
+If there are more than one candidate which has the same pkg name in the
+candidate list, for example, the same pkg with different versions, then
+it will use the last one which is the highest version in the list
+
+Add the "--force-arch" (just like the --force-downgrade) option to let
+it use the higher arch priority package when enabled. the default is no.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
+---
+ libopkg/opkg_conf.h |    1 +
+ libopkg/pkg_hash.c  |   18 +++++++++++++++---
+ src/opkg-cl.c       |    8 ++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libopkg/opkg_conf.h b/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
+index 3a60bc5..c425219 100644
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
+@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct opkg_conf
+      int force_removal_of_essential_packages;
+      int force_postinstall;
+      int force_remove;
++     int force_arch;
+      int check_signature;
+      int nodeps; /* do not follow dependencies */
+      char *offline_root;
+diff --git a/libopkg/pkg_hash.c b/libopkg/pkg_hash.c
+index a99cf6b..63a67d6 100644
+--- a/libopkg/pkg_hash.c
++++ b/libopkg/pkg_hash.c
+@@ -376,10 +376,22 @@ pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate(abstract_pkg_t *apkg,
+           if (constraint_fcn(matching, cdata)) {
+              opkg_msg(DEBUG, "Candidate: %s %s.\n",
+ 			     matching->name, matching->version) ;
+-             good_pkg_by_name = matching;
+ 	     /* It has been provided by hand, so it is what user want */
+-             if (matching->provided_by_hand == 1)
+-                break;
++             if (matching->provided_by_hand == 1) {
++                 good_pkg_by_name = matching;
++                 break;
++             }
++             /* Respect to the arch priorities when given alternatives */
++             if (good_pkg_by_name && conf->force_arch) {
++                 if (matching->arch_priority >= good_pkg_by_name->arch_priority) {
++                     good_pkg_by_name = matching;
++                     opkg_msg(DEBUG, "%s %s wins by priority.\n",
++                         matching->name, matching->version) ;
++                 } else
++                     opkg_msg(DEBUG, "%s %s wins by priority.\n",
++                         good_pkg_by_name->name, good_pkg_by_name->version) ;
++             } else
++                 good_pkg_by_name = matching;
+           }
+      }
+ 
+diff --git a/src/opkg-cl.c b/src/opkg-cl.c
+index 1b927e5..4d3995f 100644
+--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
++++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
+@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ enum {
+ 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_SPACE,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVE,
++	ARGS_OPT_FORCE_ARCH,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_ADD_DEST,
+ 	ARGS_OPT_NOACTION,
+@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
+ 	{"force_postinstall", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_POSTINSTALL},
+ 	{"force-remove", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVE},
+ 	{"force_remove", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVE},
++	{"force-arch", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_ARCH},
++	{"force_arch", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_FORCE_ARCH},
+ 	{"noaction", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOACTION},
+ 	{"download-only", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY},
+ 	{"nodeps", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NODEPS},
+@@ -173,6 +176,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 		case ARGS_OPT_FORCE_REMOVE:
+ 			conf->force_remove = 1;
+ 			break;
++		case ARGS_OPT_FORCE_ARCH:
++			conf->force_arch= 1;
++			break;
+ 		case ARGS_OPT_NODEPS:
+ 			conf->nodeps = 1;
+ 			break;
+@@ -281,6 +287,8 @@ usage()
+ 	printf("\t--force-space		Disable free space checks\n");
+ 	printf("\t--force-postinstall	Run postinstall scripts even in offline mode\n");
+ 	printf("\t--force-remove	Remove package even if prerm script fails\n");
++	printf("\t--force-arch		Use the higher arch priority package rather than the\n");
++	printf("\t			higher version one if more than one candidate is found.\n");
+ 	printf("\t--noaction		No action -- test only\n");
+ 	printf("\t--download-only	No action -- download only\n");
+ 	printf("\t--nodeps		Do not follow dependencies\n");
+-- 
+1.7.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_svn.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_svn.bb
index a0667ac..4922d2a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_svn.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_svn.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ SRC_URI = "svn://opkg.googlecode.com/svn;module=trunk;protocol=http \
            file://offline_postinstall.patch\
            file://track_parents.patch \
            file://conf_override.patch \
+           file://force-arch.patch \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/trunk"
@@ -14,4 +15,4 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/trunk"
 SRCREV = "633"
 PV = "0.1.8+svnr${SRCPV}"
 
-PR = "${INC_PR}.1"
+PR = "${INC_PR}.2"