diff --git a/sys-apps/attr/files/attr-2.4.24-only-symlink-when-needed.patch b/sys-apps/attr/files/attr-2.4.24-only-symlink-when-needed.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/attr/files/attr-2.4.24-only-symlink-when-needed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+We dont want to generate symlinks when the libdir is the same as the
+devlibdir, otherwise we clobber the real files with broken symlinks
+
+--- include/buildmacros
++++ include/buildmacros
+@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@
+ 	../$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(LIBNAME).lai $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la ; \
+ 	../$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(PKG_LIB_DIR); \
+ 	../$(INSTALL) -T so_base $(LIBNAME).lai $(PKG_LIB_DIR); \
++	if test "x$(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)" != "x$(PKG_LIB_DIR)" ; then \
+ 	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a; \
+ 	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la; \
+-	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so
++	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so; \
++	fi
+ else
+ INSTALL_LTLIB_DEV = $(INSTALL_LTLIB_STATIC)
+ endif