diff --git a/package/base/hdparm/hdparm.desc b/package/base/hdparm/hdparm.desc
index 7417d0502..3e91be073 100644
--- a/package/base/hdparm/hdparm.desc
+++ b/package/base/hdparm/hdparm.desc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 [L] BSD
 [S] Stable
 [V] 7.3
-[P] X --?--5---9 214.500
+[P] X --X--5---9 214.500
 
 [D] 4221540703 hdparm-7.3.tar.gz ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/hardware/
 
diff --git a/package/base/hdparm/host-strip.patch b/package/base/hdparm/host-strip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8d31d69b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/hdparm/host-strip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- hdparm-7.3/Makefile	2007-04-27 23:45:15.000000000 +0200
++++ src.hdparm.1223811624.23298.1535493208/hdparm-7.3/Makefile	2008-10-12 13:42:02.000000000 +0200
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
+ 
+ hdparm: hdparm.h $(OBJS)
+ 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o hdparm $(OBJS)
+-	strip hdparm
++	$(STRIP) hdparm
+  
+ install: all hdparm.8
+ 	if [ ! -z $(DESTDIR) ]; then $(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR) ; fi