diff --git a/board/versal/patches/arm-trusted-firmware/0001-feat-build-add-support-for-new-binutils-versions.patch b/board/versal/patches/arm-trusted-firmware/0001-feat-build-add-support-for-new-binutils-versions.patch
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..695cc80b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/versal/patches/arm-trusted-firmware/0001-feat-build-add-support-for-new-binutils-versions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../boot/arm-trusted-firmware/v2.6/0001-feat-build-add-support-for-new-binutils-versions.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig b/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
index a393b681c8..fab41a2991 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DOSFSTOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_MTOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_BOOTGEN=y
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/versal/patches"