diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/package.mk b/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51fbe81a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="binutils-or1k"
+PKG_VERSION="2.37"
+PKG_SHA256="820d9724f020a3e69cb337893a0b63c2db161dadcb0e06fc11dc29eb1e84a32c"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
+PKG_URL="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="A GNU collection of binary utilities for OpenRISC 1000."
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--target=or1k-none-elf \
+                         --with-sysroot=${SYSROOT_PREFIX} \
+                         --with-lib-path=${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/lib:${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib \
+                         --without-ppl \
+                         --enable-static \
+                         --without-cloog \
+                         --disable-werror \
+                         --disable-multilib \
+                         --disable-libada \
+                         --disable-libssp \
+                         --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs \
+                         --enable-plugins \
+                         --enable-gold \
+                         --enable-ld=default \
+                         --enable-lto \
+                         --disable-nls"
+
+pre_configure_host() {
+  unset CPPFLAGS
+  unset CFLAGS
+  unset CXXFLAGS
+  unset LDFLAGS
+}
+
+make_host() {
+  make configure-host
+  make
+}
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  cp -v ../include/libiberty.h ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/include
+  make -C bfd install # fix parallel build with libctf requiring bfd
+  make install
+}
diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/patches/binutils-01-warn-for-uses-of-system-directories-when-link.patch b/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/patches/binutils-01-warn-for-uses-of-system-directories-when-link.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1619cef941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/patches/binutils-01-warn-for-uses-of-system-directories-when-link.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+simplified patch based on
+http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/plain/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils/0009-warn-for-uses-of-system-directories-when-cross-linki.patch
+just detect and skip system directories if used by mistake
+
+linker output in case of using /usr/lib path:
+/data/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.0-devel/toolchain/lib/gcc/x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu/6.2.0/../../../../x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu/bin/ld: warning: library search path "/usr/lib" is unsafe for cross-compilation, ignore it
+
+From 7ab8e318659eb5d9adc758c78d084a95560b93fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:31:09 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH 09/13] warn for uses of system directories when cross linking
+
+--- a/ld/ldfile.c
++++ b/ld/ldfile.c
+@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ ldfile_add_library_path (const char *nam
+   if (!cmdline && config.only_cmd_line_lib_dirs)
+     return;
+ 
++  /* skip those directories when linking */
++  if ((!strncmp (name, "/lib", 4)) ||
++      (!strncmp (name, "/usr/lib", 8)) ||
++      (!strncmp (name, "/usr/local/lib", 14)) ||
++      (!strncmp (name, "/usr/X11R6/lib", 14)))
++  {
++    einfo (_("%P: warning: library search path \"%s\" is unsafe for "
++             "cross-compilation, ignore it\n"), name);
++    return;
++  }
++
+   new_dirs = (search_dirs_type *) xmalloc (sizeof (search_dirs_type));
+   new_dirs->next = NULL;
+   new_dirs->cmdline = cmdline;
diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/patches/nodocs.patch b/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/patches/nodocs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11bbb87798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils-or1k/patches/nodocs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/binutils/Makefile.in
++++ b/binutils/Makefile.in
+@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ zlibdir = @zlibdir@
+ zlibinc = @zlibinc@
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dejagnu no-dist foreign subdir-objects
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I .. -I ../config -I ../bfd
+-SUBDIRS = doc po
++SUBDIRS =
+ tooldir = $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)
+ 
+ # Automake 1.10+ disables lex and yacc output file regeneration if