diff --git a/lang/erlang/Makefile b/lang/erlang/Makefile
index 2423f374dd..47c8b1198b 100644
--- a/lang/erlang/Makefile
+++ b/lang/erlang/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=erlang
 PKG_VERSION:=17.5
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=otp_src_$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:= http://www.erlang.org/download/ \
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-smp-support \
 	--without-javac
 
+HOST_CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
+
 define Host/Compile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) all
 endef
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	erl_xcomp_getaddrinfo=no \
 	erl_xcomp_sysroot="$(STAGING_DIR)"
 
+EXTRA_CFLAGS+=-D_GNU_SOURCE
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS+=-lz
 
 define Build/Compile
diff --git a/lang/erlang/patches/102-musl_compat.patch b/lang/erlang/patches/102-musl_compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d23900ed2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/erlang/patches/102-musl_compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/connect/ei_resolve.c
++++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/connect/ei_resolve.c
+@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ struct hostent *ei_gethostbyname_r(const
+ #ifndef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R
+   return my_gethostbyname_r(name,hostp,buffer,buflen,h_errnop);
+ #else
+-#if (defined(__GLIBC__) || (__FreeBSD_version >= 602000) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__ANDROID__))
++#if (defined(_GNU_SOURCE) || (__FreeBSD_version >= 602000) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__ANDROID__))
+   struct hostent *result;
+ 
+   gethostbyname_r(name, hostp, buffer, buflen, &result, h_errnop);