diff --git a/packages/graphics/glew/patches/glew-1.7.0-crosscompile.patch b/packages/graphics/glew/patches/glew-1.7.0-crosscompile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..622db8f4cb
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+++ b/packages/graphics/glew/patches/glew-1.7.0-crosscompile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- glew-1.6.0/config/Makefile.linux.orig	2011-05-07 12:17:35.143944898 -0600
++++ glew-1.6.0/config/Makefile.linux	2011-05-07 12:17:59.207718777 -0600
+@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
+ NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
+-CC = cc
+-LD = cc
+ PICFLAG = -fPIC
+ M_ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
+-ifeq (x86_64,${M_ARCH})
+-LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib64
+-LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib64
+-else
+-LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
+ LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib
+-endif
+ LDFLAGS.GL = -lXmu -lXi -lGLU -lGL -lXext -lX11
+ LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
+ LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic