diff --git a/recipes-devtools/qemu/files/configure-properly-check-if-lrt-is-needed.patch b/recipes-devtools/qemu/files/configure-properly-check-if-lrt-is-needed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c5eec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/qemu/files/configure-properly-check-if-lrt-is-needed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index 999375a..29b3e30 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -2444,13 +2444,18 @@ fi
+ cat > $TMPC <<EOF
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+-int main(void) { clockid_t id; return clock_gettime(id, NULL); }
++int main(void) {
++  timer_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, NULL, NULL);
++  return clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, NULL);
++}
+ EOF
+ 
+ if compile_prog "" "" ; then
+   :
+-elif compile_prog "" "-lrt" ; then
++# we need pthread for static linking. use previous pthread test result
++elif compile_prog "" "-lrt $pthread_lib" ; then
+   LIBS="-lrt $LIBS"
++  libs_qga="-lrt $libs_qga"
+ fi
+ 
+ if test "$darwin" != "yes" -a "$mingw32" != "yes" -a "$solaris" != yes -a \
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_1.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_1.0.bb
index ff4afde..86268aa 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_1.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_1.0.bb
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=441c28d2cf86e15a37fa47e15a72fbac \
 
 # This means v1.0 with FSL specific patches applied
 PV = "1.0+fsl"
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 DEPENDS += "dtc"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.freescale.com/ppc/sdk/qemu.git"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.freescale.com/ppc/sdk/qemu.git \
+            file://configure-properly-check-if-lrt-is-needed.patch \
+"
 SRCREV = "7feabd47a814214dc4bebfd97d0eaf30dc50a68f"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"