diff --git a/package/base/oprofile/bfd_get_synthetic_symtab-hack.patch b/package/base/oprofile/bfd_get_synthetic_symtab-hack.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34813bc28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/oprofile/bfd_get_synthetic_symtab-hack.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+Taken from:
+http://www.bitshrine.org/gpp/oprofile-0.9.2-bfd_get_synthetic_symtab-hack.patch
+
+diff --exclude CVS -uNr oprofile-0.9.2/configure oprofile-0.9.2.modified/configure
+--- oprofile-0.9.2/configure	2006-09-15 19:32:06.000000000 +0100
++++ oprofile-0.9.2.modified/configure	2007-01-08 15:38:39.000000000 +0000
+@@ -5613,6 +5613,15 @@
+ 
+ _ACEOF
+ 	$CC conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS -o  test-for-synth > /dev/null 2>&1
++# Hack to force SYNTHESIZE_SYMBOLS to 0.  - stevep
++# This is to prevent the following build errors on the imx31 when using
++# binutils > 2.15:
++# undefined reference to `bfd_elf64_powerpc_vec'
++# undefined reference to `bfd_elf64_powerpcle_vec'
++#
++# Not sure that this is the correct fix, need some more investigation!!
++rm -f test-for-synth
++
+ 	if test -f test-for-synth; then
+ 		echo "yes"
+ 		SYNTHESIZE_SYMBOLS='1'
diff --git a/package/base/oprofile/oprofile.desc b/package/base/oprofile/oprofile.desc
index f58a23dd4..5f568189e 100644
--- a/package/base/oprofile/oprofile.desc
+++ b/package/base/oprofile/oprofile.desc
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.8.1
+[V] 0.9.2
 [P] X -?---5---9 145.400
 
-[D] 3487496302 oprofile-0.8.1.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/oprofile/
+[D] 1871770258 oprofile-0.9.2.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/oprofile/