diff --git a/package/base/wireless-tools/ranlib-and-ar-vars.patch b/package/base/wireless-tools/ranlib-and-ar-vars.patch
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/wireless-tools/ranlib-and-ar-vars.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- ./Makefile.orig	2004-06-25 18:54:11.879375160 +0200
++++ ./Makefile	2004-06-25 18:52:36.304904688 +0200
+@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
+ # Compilation of the static library
+ $(STATIC): $(OBJS)
+ 	$(RM) $@
+-	ar cru $@ $^
+-	ranlib $@
++	$(AR) cru $@ $^
++	$(RANLIB) $@
+ 
+ # So crude but so effective ;-)
+ # Less crude thanks to many contributions ;-)