diff --git a/make/target-tools.mk b/make/target-tools.mk
index 8531b41e..0c54642f 100644
--- a/make/target-tools.mk
+++ b/make/target-tools.mk
@@ -525,15 +525,23 @@ $(D)/vsftpd: $(D)/openssl $(ARCHIVE)/vsftpd-$(VSFTPD_VER).tar.gz | $(TARGET_DIR)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-PROCPS-NG_VER = 3.3.15
+PROCPS-NG_VER    = 3.3.15
+PROCPS-NG        = procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER)
+PROCPS-NG_SOURCE = procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER).tar.xz
+PROCPS-NG_URL    = http://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/files/Production
 
-$(ARCHIVE)/procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER).tar.xz:
-	$(DOWNLOAD) http://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/files/Production/procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER).tar.xz
+$(ARCHIVE)/$(PROCPS-NG_SOURCE):
+	$(DOWNLOAD) $(PROCPS-NG_URL)/$(PROCPS-NG_SOURCE)
 
-$(D)/procps-ng: $(D)/libncurses $(ARCHIVE)/procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER).tar.xz | $(TARGET_DIR)
-	$(REMOVE)/procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER)
-	$(UNTAR)/procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER).tar.xz
-	$(CHDIR)/procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER); \
+PROCPS-NG_PATCH  = procps_0001-Fix-out-of-tree-builds.patch
+PROCPS-NG_PATCH += procps-ng-no-tests-docs.patch
+
+PROCPS-NG_BIN = ps top
+
+$(D)/procps-ng: $(D)/libncurses $(ARCHIVE)/$(PROCPS-NG_SOURCE) | $(TARGET_DIR)
+	$(REMOVE)/$(PROCPS-NG)
+	$(UNTAR)/$(PROCPS-NG_SOURCE)
+	$(CHDIR)/$(PROCPS-NG); \
 		export ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes; \
 		export ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes; \
 		$(CONFIGURE) \
@@ -547,13 +555,13 @@ $(D)/procps-ng: $(D)/libncurses $(ARCHIVE)/procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER).tar.xz | $
 			; \
 		$(MAKE); \
 		$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR)
-	for bin in ps top; do \
+	for bin in $(PROCPS-NG_BIN); do \
 		rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/$$bin; \
 		install -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/bin.procps/$$bin $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/$$bin; \
 	done
 	$(REWRITE_PKGCONF)/libprocps.pc
 	$(REWRITE_LIBTOOL)/libprocps.la
-	$(REMOVE)/procps-ng-$(PROCPS-NG_VER) \
+	$(REMOVE)/$(PROCPS-NG) \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/bin.procps \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/sbin.procps
 	$(TOUCH)
diff --git a/patches/expat-libtool-tag.patch b/patches/expat-libtool-tag.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7f6454c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/expat-libtool-tag.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 10342e6b600858b091bc7771e454d9e06af06410 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 18:20:57 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Add CC tag to build
+
+Add CC tag to build
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Dengke Du <dengke.du@windriver.com>
+---
+ Makefile.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index 9560a95..d444bd6 100644
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ LIBCURRENT = @LIBCURRENT@
+ LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
+ LIBREVISION = @LIBREVISION@
+ LIBS = @LIBS@
+-LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
++LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@ --tag CC
+ LIPO = @LIPO@
+ LN_S = @LN_S@
+ LTLIBOBJS = @LTLIBOBJS@
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/patches/ntp.patch b/patches/ntp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80dca36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ntp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/scripts/build/mkver.in
++++ b/scripts/build/mkver.in
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+  *) ConfStr="${ConfStr}-@VER_SUFFIX@" ;;
+ esac
+ 
+-ConfStr="$ConfStr `LC_TIME=C TZ=UTC date`"
++ConfStr="$ConfStr"
+ 
+ if [ ! -f .version ]; then
+   echo 0 > .version
diff --git a/patches/procps-ng-no-tests-docs.patch b/patches/procps-ng-no-tests-docs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ae60ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/procps-ng-no-tests-docs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ PACKAGE_VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+ 
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+ SUBDIRS = \
+-	include \
+-	man-po \
+-	po \
+-	testsuite
++	include
+ 
+ AM_CFLAGS = -Iproc
+ LDADD = ./proc/libprocps.la $(CYGWINFLAGS)
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -292,8 +292,5 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([__fpending alarm atexit dup2 gethostname getpagesize gettimeofda
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
+                  include/Makefile
+-                 man-po/Makefile
+-                 po/Makefile.in
+-                 proc/libprocps.pc
+-                 testsuite/Makefile])
++                 proc/libprocps.pc])
+ AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/patches/procps_0001-Fix-out-of-tree-builds.patch b/patches/procps_0001-Fix-out-of-tree-builds.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5481943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/procps_0001-Fix-out-of-tree-builds.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 0825db94fc91fa2150c0e649e92cc8dcc44f4b38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 14:09:45 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix out of tree builds
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
+---
+ include/nls.h | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/nls.h b/include/nls.h
+index 1166b7b..f5abe05 100644
+--- a/include/nls.h
++++ b/include/nls.h
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+ #define PROCPS_NG_NLS_H
+ 
+ /* programs issuing textdomain() need PACKAGE string */
+-#include "../config.h"
++#include "config.h"
+ 
+ /* programs issuing bindtextdomain() also need LOCALEDIR string */
+ #ifndef LOCALEDIR