diff --git a/srcpkgs/hdparm/patches/makefile.patch b/srcpkgs/hdparm/patches/makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b40e9d87ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hdparm/patches/makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Drop hardcoded -s flag from LDFLAGS
+Drop hardcoded -j4 flag
+Use CFLAGS when linking
+
+--- Makefile.orig	2016-12-29 16:15:41.000000000 +0100
++++ Makefile	2017-01-25 19:54:51.449547415 +0100
+@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
+ 
+ CFLAGS := -O2 -W -Wall -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -fkeep-inline-functions -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wnested-externs -Wtrigraphs $(CFLAGS)
+ 
+-LDFLAGS = -s
+ #LDFLAGS = -s -static
+ INSTALL = install
+ INSTALL_DATA = $(INSTALL) -m 644
+@@ -24,11 +23,10 @@
+ 
+ OBJS = hdparm.o identify.o sgio.o sysfs.o geom.o fallocate.o fibmap.o fwdownload.o dvdspeed.o wdidle3.o
+ 
+-all:
+-	$(MAKE) -j4 hdparm
++all: hdparm
+ 
+ hdparm: hdparm.h sgio.h $(OBJS)
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o hdparm $(OBJS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o hdparm $(OBJS)
+ 	$(STRIP) hdparm
+ 
+ hdparm.o:	hdparm.h sgio.h
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hdparm/template b/srcpkgs/hdparm/template
index 1f7ac3c5f15..5a3d63328bf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hdparm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hdparm/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'hdparm'
 pkgname=hdparm
 version=9.51
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_install_args="exec_prefix=/usr sbindir=/usr/bin"
 short_desc="Utility to access IDE device parameters"