diff --git a/target/linux/uml-2.6/patches/01-no_syscallx b/target/linux/uml-2.6/patches/01-no_syscallx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b542d0ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/uml-2.6/patches/01-no_syscallx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Since the syscallx macros seem to be under threat, this patch stops
+# using them, using syscall instead.
+
+Index: linux-2.6.17/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.17.orig/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c	2006-09-20 11:15:08.000000000 -0400
++++ linux-2.6.17/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c	2006-09-20 13:35:24.000000000 -0400
+@@ -140,11 +140,9 @@ void os_usr1_process(int pid)
+  * syscalls, and also breaks with clone(), which does not unshare the TLS.
+  */
+ 
+-inline _syscall0(pid_t, getpid)
+-
+ int os_getpid(void)
+ {
+-	return(getpid());
++	return syscall(__NR_getpid);
+ }
+ 
+ int os_getpgrp(void)
+Index: linux-2.6.17/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/tls.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.17.orig/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/tls.c	2006-06-18 13:49:35.000000000 -0400
++++ linux-2.6.17/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/tls.c	2006-09-20 13:37:27.000000000 -0400
+@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
+ #include "sysdep/tls.h"
+ #include "user_util.h"
+ 
+-static _syscall1(int, get_thread_area, user_desc_t *, u_info);
+-
+ /* Checks whether host supports TLS, and sets *tls_min according to the value
+  * valid on the host.
+  * i386 host have it == 6; x86_64 host have it == 12, for i386 emulation. */
+@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ void check_host_supports_tls(int *suppor
+ 		user_desc_t info;
+ 		info.entry_number = val[i];
+ 
+-		if (get_thread_area(&info) == 0) {
++		if(syscall(__NR_get_thread_area, &info) == 0){
+ 			*tls_min = val[i];
+ 			*supports_tls = 1;
+ 			return;
+Index: linux-2.6.17/arch/um/os-Linux/tls.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.17.orig/arch/um/os-Linux/tls.c	2006-08-15 21:59:56.000000000 -0400
++++ linux-2.6.17/arch/um/os-Linux/tls.c	2006-09-20 13:37:14.000000000 -0400
+@@ -48,14 +48,11 @@ int os_get_thread_area(user_desc_t *info
+ #ifdef UML_CONFIG_MODE_TT
+ #include "linux/unistd.h"
+ 
+-static _syscall1(int, get_thread_area, user_desc_t *, u_info);
+-static _syscall1(int, set_thread_area, user_desc_t *, u_info);
+-
+ int do_set_thread_area_tt(user_desc_t *info)
+ {
+ 	int ret;
+ 
+-	ret = set_thread_area(info);
++	ret = syscall(__NR_set_thread_area, info);
+ 	if (ret < 0) {
+ 		ret = -errno;
+ 	}
+@@ -66,7 +63,7 @@ int do_get_thread_area_tt(user_desc_t *i
+ {
+ 	int ret;
+ 
+-	ret = get_thread_area(info);
++	ret = syscall(__NR_get_thread_area, info);
+ 	if (ret < 0) {
+ 		ret = -errno;
+ 	}