diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/Config.in b/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
index f43cea5999..cb546846f8 100644
--- a/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ choice
 		bool "Binutils 2.26.1"
 		select BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_1
 
+	config BINUTILS_USE_VERSION_2_27
+		depends on !arc
+		bool "Binutils 2.27"
+		select BINUTILS_VERSION_2_27
+
 	config BINUTILS_USE_VERSION_2_26_ARC
 		depends on arc
 		bool "ARC binutils 2.26"
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/Config.version b/toolchain/binutils/Config.version
index 6812d03b72..fbbd49f123 100644
--- a/toolchain/binutils/Config.version
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/Config.version
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_25_1
 config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_1
 	bool
 
+config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_27
+	bool
+
 config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_ARC
 	default y if (!TOOLCHAINOPTS && arc)
 	bool
@@ -17,5 +20,6 @@ config BINUTILS_VERSION
 	default "2.24-linaro"          if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_24_LINARO
 	default "2.25.1"               if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_25_1
 	default "2.26.1"               if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_1
+	default "2.27"		       if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_27
 	default "arc-2016.03"          if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_ARC
 
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/Makefile b/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
index a30a167169..8816dda518 100644
--- a/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ ifeq ($(PKG_VERSION),2.26.1)
   PKG_MD5SUM:=d2b24e5b5301b7ff0207414c34c3e0fb
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(PKG_VERSION),2.27)
+  PKG_MD5SUM:=2869c9bf3e60ee97c74ac2a6bf4e9d68
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(findstring linaro, $(CONFIG_BINUTILS_VERSION)),linaro)
   PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://releases.linaro.org/14.09/components/toolchain/binutils-linaro/
   PKG_REV:=2.24.0-2014.09
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4cec7f69e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/ld/Makefile.am
++++ b/ld/Makefile.am
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ endif
+ # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
+ # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
+ # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
+-scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
++scriptdir = $(libdir)
+ 
+ EMUL = @EMUL@
+ EMULATION_OFILES = @EMULATION_OFILES@
+--- a/ld/Makefile.in
++++ b/ld/Makefile.in
+@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(ELF_CLFAGS)
+ # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
+ # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
+ # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
+-scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
++scriptdir = $(libdir)
+ BASEDIR = $(srcdir)/..
+ BFDDIR = $(BASEDIR)/bfd
+ INCDIR = $(BASEDIR)/include
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95d3f75b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
++++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+@@ -1244,6 +1244,8 @@ fragment <<EOF
+ 	      && command_line.rpath == NULL)
+ 	    {
+ 	      lib_path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++	      if ((lib_path) && (strlen (lib_path) == 0))
++	      	lib_path = NULL;
+ 	      if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,
+ 						      force))
+ 		break;
+@@ -1525,6 +1527,8 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation (
+   rpath = command_line.rpath;
+   if (rpath == NULL)
+     rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++  if ((rpath) && (strlen (rpath) == 0))
++  	rpath = NULL;
+ 
+   for (abfd = link_info.input_bfds; abfd; abfd = abfd->link.next)
+     if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/400-mips_no_dynamic_linking_sym.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/400-mips_no_dynamic_linking_sym.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7458e58aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/400-mips_no_dynamic_linking_sym.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
++++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+@@ -7713,6 +7713,7 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_create_dynamic_sections (b
+ 
+       name = SGI_COMPAT (abfd) ? "_DYNAMIC_LINK" : "_DYNAMIC_LINKING";
+       bh = NULL;
++      if (0) {
+       if (!(_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol
+ 	    (info, abfd, name, BSF_GLOBAL, bfd_abs_section_ptr, 0,
+ 	     NULL, FALSE, get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->collect, &bh)))
+@@ -7725,6 +7726,7 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_create_dynamic_sections (b
+ 
+       if (! bfd_elf_link_record_dynamic_symbol (info, h))
+ 	return FALSE;
++      }
+ 
+       if (! mips_elf_hash_table (info)->use_rld_obj_head)
+ 	{
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/500-Change-default-emulation-for-mips64-linux.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/500-Change-default-emulation-for-mips64-linux.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a8f0ae13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.27/500-Change-default-emulation-for-mips64-linux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- a/bfd/config.bfd
++++ b/bfd/config.bfd
+@@ -1101,12 +1101,12 @@ case "${targ}" in
+     targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_le_vec mips_elf64_be_vec mips_elf64_le_vec mips_ecoff_be_vec mips_ecoff_le_vec"
+     ;;
+   mips64*el-*-linux*)
+-    targ_defvec=mips_elf32_ntrad_le_vec
+-    targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_ntrad_be_vec mips_elf32_trad_le_vec mips_elf32_trad_be_vec mips_elf64_trad_le_vec mips_elf64_trad_be_vec"
++    targ_defvec=mips_elf64_trad_le_vec
++    targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_ntrad_le_vec mips_elf32_ntrad_be_vec mips_elf32_trad_le_vec mips_elf32_trad_be_vec mips_elf64_trad_be_vec"
+     ;;
+   mips64*-*-linux*)
+-    targ_defvec=mips_elf32_ntrad_be_vec
+-    targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_ntrad_le_vec mips_elf32_trad_be_vec mips_elf32_trad_le_vec mips_elf64_trad_be_vec mips_elf64_trad_le_vec"
++    targ_defvec=mips_elf64_trad_be_vec
++    targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_ntrad_be_vec mips_elf32_ntrad_le_vec mips_elf32_trad_be_vec mips_elf32_trad_le_vec mips_elf64_trad_le_vec"
+     ;;
+   mips*el-*-linux*)
+     targ_defvec=mips_elf32_trad_le_vec
+--- a/ld/configure.tgt
++++ b/ld/configure.tgt
+@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ mips*el-*-vxworks*)	targ_emul=elf32elmip
+ mips*-*-vxworks*)	targ_emul=elf32ebmipvxworks
+ 		        targ_extra_emuls="elf32elmipvxworks" ;;
+ mips*-*-windiss)	targ_emul=elf32mipswindiss ;;
+-mips64*el-*-linux-*)	targ_emul=elf32ltsmipn32
+-			targ_extra_emuls="elf32btsmipn32 elf32ltsmip elf32btsmip elf64ltsmip elf64btsmip"
++mips64*el-*-linux-*)	targ_emul=elf64ltsmip
++			targ_extra_emuls="elf32btsmipn32 elf32ltsmipn32 elf32ltsmip elf32btsmip elf64btsmip"
+ 			targ_extra_libpath=$targ_extra_emuls ;;
+-mips64*-*-linux-*)	targ_emul=elf32btsmipn32
+-			targ_extra_emuls="elf32ltsmipn32 elf32btsmip elf32ltsmip elf64btsmip elf64ltsmip"
++mips64*-*-linux-*)	targ_emul=elf64btsmip
++			targ_extra_emuls="elf32btsmipn32 elf32ltsmipn32 elf32btsmip elf32ltsmip elf64ltsmip"
+ 			targ_extra_libpath=$targ_extra_emuls ;;
+ mips*el-*-linux-*)	targ_emul=elf32ltsmip
+ 			targ_extra_emuls="elf32btsmip elf32ltsmipn32 elf64ltsmip elf32btsmipn32 elf64btsmip"