diff --git a/utils/ipmitool/patches/101-cross_compile.patch b/utils/ipmitool/patches/101-cross_compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89992e8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/ipmitool/patches/101-cross_compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -24315,8 +24315,7 @@ if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
+   { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
+ See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
+ echo "$as_me: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
+-See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
+-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
++See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;} }
+ else
+   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+ /* confdefs.h.  */