diff --git a/config/patches/make/deb-make-glob.patch b/config/patches/make/deb-make-glob.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d558c31d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/patches/make/deb-make-glob.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- make-4.2.1/glob/glob.c.ori	2019-10-17 23:06:07.841511314 +1100
++++ make-4.2.1/glob/glob.c	2019-10-17 23:06:21.249541600 +1100
+@@ -208,28 +208,9 @@
+ #endif /* __GNU_LIBRARY__ || __DJGPP__ */
+
+
+-#if !defined __alloca && !defined __GNU_LIBRARY__
+-
+-# ifdef	__GNUC__
+-#  undef alloca
+-#  define alloca(n)	__builtin_alloca (n)
+-# else	/* Not GCC.  */
+-#  ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
+ #   include <alloca.h>
+-#  else	/* Not HAVE_ALLOCA_H.  */
+-#   ifndef _AIX
+-#    ifdef WINDOWS32
+-#     include <malloc.h>
+-#    else
+-extern char *alloca ();
+-#    endif /* WINDOWS32 */
+-#   endif /* Not _AIX.  */
+-#  endif /* sparc or HAVE_ALLOCA_H.  */
+-# endif	/* GCC.  */
+-
+ # define __alloca	alloca
+
+-#endif
+
+ #ifndef __GNU_LIBRARY__
+ # define __stat stat
diff --git a/config/software/make.rb b/config/software/make.rb
index cbe23a177..7980aa818 100644
--- a/config/software/make.rb
+++ b/config/software/make.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 build do
   env = with_standard_compiler_flags(with_embedded_path)
 
+  # Work around an error caused by Glibc 2.27
+  # Thanks to: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/8.2/chapter05/make.html
+  if debian_after_or_at_buster? || ubuntu_after_or_at_bionic? || raspbian?
+    patch source: "deb-make-glob.patch", plevel: 1, env: env
+  end
+
   command "./configure" \
           " --disable-nls" \
           " --prefix=#{install_dir}/embedded", env: env