diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/build
index 89aa952941..7bd9ea035f 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/build
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ OPTION_EGLIBC_NSSWITCH = n
 OPTION_EGLIBC_NSSWITCH_FIXED_CONFIG = $NSS_CONF_DIR/fixed-nsswitch.conf
 OPTION_EGLIBC_NSSWITCH_FIXED_FUNCTIONS = $NSS_CONF_DIR/fixed-nsswitch.functions
 OPTION_EGLIBC_RCMD = n
-OPTION_EGLIBC_UTMPX = n
+OPTION_EGLIBC_UTMPX = y
 OPTION_POSIX_REGEXP_GLIBC = n
 $DEBUG_OPTIONS
 EOF