diff --git a/utils/hwinfo/Makefile b/utils/hwinfo/Makefile
index 4443ad586c..03871f90ce 100644
--- a/utils/hwinfo/Makefile
+++ b/utils/hwinfo/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=hwinfo
 PKG_VERSION:=21.71
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/openSUSE/hwinfo/tar.gz/$(PKG_VERSION)?
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ define Package/hwinfo
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
   TITLE:=probe the hardware present in the system
   URL:=https://github.com/openSUSE/hwinfo
-  DEPENDS:= +libuuid @!USE_UCLIBC
+  DEPENDS:= +libuuid
 endef
 
 define Package/hwinfo/description
diff --git a/utils/hwinfo/patches/0-hardcoding-version b/utils/hwinfo/patches/010-hardcoding-version.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from utils/hwinfo/patches/0-hardcoding-version
rename to utils/hwinfo/patches/010-hardcoding-version.patch
diff --git a/utils/hwinfo/patches/1-remove_libx8emu_dependency b/utils/hwinfo/patches/020-remove_libx8emu_dependency.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from utils/hwinfo/patches/1-remove_libx8emu_dependency
rename to utils/hwinfo/patches/020-remove_libx8emu_dependency.patch
diff --git a/utils/hwinfo/patches/2-enable-hw-ids-and-disable-generation-of-tiny-hwinfo-headers b/utils/hwinfo/patches/030-enable-hw-ids-and-disable-generation-of-tiny-hwinfo-headers.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from utils/hwinfo/patches/2-enable-hw-ids-and-disable-generation-of-tiny-hwinfo-headers
rename to utils/hwinfo/patches/030-enable-hw-ids-and-disable-generation-of-tiny-hwinfo-headers.patch
diff --git a/utils/hwinfo/patches/3-assorted-Makefile-butchery b/utils/hwinfo/patches/040-assorted-Makefile-butchery.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from utils/hwinfo/patches/3-assorted-Makefile-butchery
rename to utils/hwinfo/patches/040-assorted-Makefile-butchery.patch
diff --git a/utils/hwinfo/patches/050-arc.patch b/utils/hwinfo/patches/050-arc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07010c8261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/hwinfo/patches/050-arc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/src/hd/hd.c
++++ b/src/hd/hd.c
+@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@
+ #define HD_ARCH "riscv"
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef __arc__
++#define HD_ARCH "arc"
++#endif
++
+ typedef struct disk_s {
+   struct disk_s *next;
+   unsigned crc;