diff --git a/doit b/doit
index 07bf068..60a9e57 100755
--- a/doit
+++ b/doit
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
         echo building binutils
         mkdir -p $BINBUILDPATH
         pushd $BINBUILDPATH
-        log ../binutils-$BINVER/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$INSTALLPATH --disable-werror
+        log ../binutils-$BINVER/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$INSTALLPATH --disable-werror --enable-initfini-array
         log $MAKE $PARALLEL
         log $MAKE install
         touch built.txt
diff --git a/patches/binutils-patch.txt b/patches/binutils-patch.txt
index e69de29..592de0d 100644
--- a/patches/binutils-patch.txt
+++ b/patches/binutils-patch.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+commit 8d1a739279315a6abafbb1632da51cda60160217
+Author: Roland McGrath <mcgrathr@chromium.org>
+Date:   Tue Jul 19 10:19:06 2016 -0700
+
+    Support -pie for aarch64*-elf targets.
+    
+    ld/
+    	* emulparams/aarch64elf.sh (GENERATE_PIE_SCRIPT): Set to yes.
+    	* emulparams/aarch64elf32.sh: Likewise.
+    
+    (cherry picked from commit 3af09e8db3084f5e03b7f09768a2ab6415418e63)
+
+diff --git a/ld/emulparams/aarch64elf.sh b/ld/emulparams/aarch64elf.sh
+index 6864d65..6eb2bad 100644
+--- a/ld/emulparams/aarch64elf.sh
++++ b/ld/emulparams/aarch64elf.sh
+@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ TEMPLATE_NAME=elf32
+ EXTRA_EM_FILE=aarch64elf
+ 
+ GENERATE_SHLIB_SCRIPT=yes
++GENERATE_PIE_SCRIPT=yes
++
+ MAXPAGESIZE="CONSTANT (MAXPAGESIZE)"
+ 
+ ENTRY=_start
+diff --git a/ld/emulparams/aarch64elf32.sh b/ld/emulparams/aarch64elf32.sh
+index f85c9ff..c0d6b72 100644
+--- a/ld/emulparams/aarch64elf32.sh
++++ b/ld/emulparams/aarch64elf32.sh
+@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ TEMPLATE_NAME=elf32
+ EXTRA_EM_FILE=aarch64elf
+ 
+ GENERATE_SHLIB_SCRIPT=yes
++GENERATE_PIE_SCRIPT=yes
++
+ MAXPAGESIZE="CONSTANT (MAXPAGESIZE)"
+ 
+ ENTRY=_start