diff --git a/SOURCES/binutils-special-sections-in-groups.patch b/SOURCES/binutils-special-sections-in-groups.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7010332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/binutils-special-sections-in-groups.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- binutils.orig/bfd/elf.c	2018-10-19 11:42:10.107277490 +0100
++++ binutils-2.31.1/bfd/elf.c	2018-10-19 11:44:33.607105801 +0100
+@@ -828,7 +828,13 @@ setup_group (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shd
+ 	}
+     }
+ 
+-  if (elf_group_name (newsect) == NULL)
++  if (elf_group_name (newsect) == NULL
++      /* OS specific sections might be in a group (eg ARM's ARM_EXIDX section)
++	 but they will not have been added to the group because they do not
++	 have contents that the ELF code in the BFD library knows how to
++	 process.  This is OK though - we rely upon the target backends to
++	 handle these sections for us.  */
++      && hdr->sh_type < SHT_LOOS)
+     {
+       /* xgettext:c-format */
+       _bfd_error_handler (_("%B: no group info for section '%A'"),
+@@ -934,7 +940,8 @@ _bfd_elf_setup_sections (bfd *abfd)
+ 	  else if (idx->shdr->bfd_section)
+ 	    elf_sec_group (idx->shdr->bfd_section) = shdr->bfd_section;
+ 	  else if (idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_RELA
+-		   && idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_REL)
++		   && idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_REL
++		   && idx->shdr->sh_type < SHT_LOOS)
+ 	    {
+ 	      /* There are some unknown sections in the group.  */
+ 	      _bfd_error_handler
diff --git a/SPECS/binutils.spec b/SPECS/binutils.spec
index e5bfd3e..19574f3 100644
--- a/SPECS/binutils.spec
+++ b/SPECS/binutils.spec
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ Patch58: binutils-x86_JCC_Erratum.patch
 # Lifetime: Fixed in 2.35 
 Patch59: binutils-copy-multiple-relocs.patch
 
+Patch9999: binutils-special-sections-in-groups.patch
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Provides: bundled(libiberty)
@@ -574,6 +576,10 @@ using libelf instead of BFD.
 %patch58 -p1
 %patch59 -p1
 
+%ifarch %{arm}
+%patch9999 -p1
+%endif
+
 # We cannot run autotools as there is an exact requirement of autoconf-2.59.
 # FIXME - this is no longer true.  Maybe try reinstating autotool use ?