diff --git a/obsolete-buildroot/sources/iproute2-cross-ar-20010824.patch b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/iproute2-cross-ar-20010824.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62ed488f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/iproute2-cross-ar-20010824.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -Nrup iproute2.orig/lib/Makefile iproute2/lib/Makefile
+--- iproute2.orig/lib/Makefile	2000-04-16 13:42:52.000000000 -0400
++++ iproute2/lib/Makefile	2004-06-03 19:17:51.000000000 -0400
+@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ NLOBJ=ll_map.o libnetlink.o
+ all: libnetlink.a libutil.a
+ 
+ libnetlink.a: $(NLOBJ)
+-	ar rcs $@ $(NLOBJ)
++	$(AR) rcs $@ $(NLOBJ)
+ 
+ libutil.a: $(UTILOBJ) $(ADDLIB)
+-	ar rcs $@ $(UTILOBJ) $(ADDLIB)
++	$(AR) rcs $@ $(UTILOBJ) $(ADDLIB)
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f $(NLOBJ) $(UTILOBJ) $(ADDLIB) libnetlink.a libutil.a
+diff -Nrup iproute2.orig/tc/Makefile iproute2/tc/Makefile
+--- iproute2.orig/tc/Makefile	2000-04-16 13:42:53.000000000 -0400
++++ iproute2/tc/Makefile	2004-06-03 19:18:08.000000000 -0400
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ all: libtc.a tc
+ tc: $(TCOBJ) $(LIBNETLINK) $(LIBUTIL) $(TCLIB)
+ 
+ libtc.a: $(TCLIB)
+-	ar rcs $@ $(TCLIB)
++	$(AR) rcs $@ $(TCLIB)
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f $(TCOBJ) $(TCLIB) libtc.a tc