diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/Config.in b/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
index 44c7db0482394608b784df37fa47bce2031e48d2..ccf096d3d853db60961c6e6ce380222dd67fbe30 100644
--- a/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ choice
bool "Binutils 2.27"
select BINUTILS_VERSION_2_27
+ config BINUTILS_USE_VERSION_2_28
+ depends on !arc
+ bool "Binutils 2.28"
+ select BINUTILS_VERSION_2_28
+
config BINUTILS_USE_VERSION_2_26_ARC
depends on arc
bool "ARC binutils 2.26"
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/Config.version b/toolchain/binutils/Config.version
index e23b35f6fa288a1760eed1fbdb9d2fe57d4f0b7d..66e1ee2c781526d80a36b5bff7f3acc150b6f4c9 100644
--- a/toolchain/binutils/Config.version
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/Config.version
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_27
default y if (!TOOLCHAINOPTS && !arc)
bool
+config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_28
+ bool
+
config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_ARC
default y if (!TOOLCHAINOPTS && arc)
bool
@@ -9,5 +12,6 @@ config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_ARC
config BINUTILS_VERSION
string
default "2.27" if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_27
+ default "2.28" if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_28
default "arc-2016.03" if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_ARC
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/Makefile b/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
index 8b015a240a5ccb6d42f2c95214f64e1d7b680016..812a2ee1fbfa78328b397997b7a317473ee9e0ac 100644
--- a/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ ifeq ($(PKG_VERSION),2.27)
PKG_HASH:=369737ce51587f92466041a97ab7d2358c6d9e1b6490b3940eb09fb0a9a6ac88
endif
+ifeq ($(PKG_VERSION),2.28)
+ PKG_HASH:=6297433ee120b11b4b0a1c8f3512d7d73501753142ab9e2daa13c5a3edd32a72
+endif
+
ifneq ($(CONFIG_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_ARC),)
PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/binutils-gdb/archive/arc-2016.03/
PKG_REV:=2016.03
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4cec7f69e3bbb3c237abf7d5357d4c97fc77981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/ld/Makefile.am
++++ b/ld/Makefile.am
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ endif
+ # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
+ # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
+ # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
+-scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
++scriptdir = $(libdir)
+
+ EMUL = @EMUL@
+ EMULATION_OFILES = @EMULATION_OFILES@
+--- a/ld/Makefile.in
++++ b/ld/Makefile.in
+@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(ELF_CLFAGS)
+ # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
+ # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
+ # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
+-scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
++scriptdir = $(libdir)
+ BASEDIR = $(srcdir)/..
+ BFDDIR = $(BASEDIR)/bfd
+ INCDIR = $(BASEDIR)/include
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95d3f75b85bd3fb7b48002e38abc1a7030dd36a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
++++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+@@ -1244,6 +1244,8 @@ fragment <<EOF
+ && command_line.rpath == NULL)
+ {
+ lib_path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++ if ((lib_path) && (strlen (lib_path) == 0))
++ lib_path = NULL;
+ if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,
+ force))
+ break;
+@@ -1525,6 +1527,8 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation (
+ rpath = command_line.rpath;
+ if (rpath == NULL)
+ rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++ if ((rpath) && (strlen (rpath) == 0))
++ rpath = NULL;
+
+ for (abfd = link_info.input_bfds; abfd; abfd = abfd->link.next)
+ if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/400-mips_no_dynamic_linking_sym.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/400-mips_no_dynamic_linking_sym.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b7458e58aaf67ab1b3bf5d2f9466d08bf3ad29a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/400-mips_no_dynamic_linking_sym.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
++++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+@@ -7713,6 +7713,7 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_create_dynamic_sections (b
+
+ name = SGI_COMPAT (abfd) ? "_DYNAMIC_LINK" : "_DYNAMIC_LINKING";
+ bh = NULL;
++ if (0) {
+ if (!(_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol
+ (info, abfd, name, BSF_GLOBAL, bfd_abs_section_ptr, 0,
+ NULL, FALSE, get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->collect, &bh)))
+@@ -7725,6 +7726,7 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_create_dynamic_sections (b
+
+ if (! bfd_elf_link_record_dynamic_symbol (info, h))
+ return FALSE;
++ }
+
+ if (! mips_elf_hash_table (info)->use_rld_obj_head)
+ {
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/500-Change-default-emulation-for-mips64-linux.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/500-Change-default-emulation-for-mips64-linux.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a8f0ae13a97099206c915edccf2308bc34d4469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/patches/2.28/500-Change-default-emulation-for-mips64-linux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- a/bfd/config.bfd
++++ b/bfd/config.bfd
+@@ -1101,12 +1101,12 @@ case "${targ}" in
+ targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_le_vec mips_elf64_be_vec mips_elf64_le_vec mips_ecoff_be_vec mips_ecoff_le_vec"
+ ;;
+ mips64*el-*-linux*)
+- targ_defvec=mips_elf32_ntrad_le_vec
+- targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_ntrad_be_vec mips_elf32_trad_le_vec mips_elf32_trad_be_vec mips_elf64_trad_le_vec mips_elf64_trad_be_vec"
++ targ_defvec=mips_elf64_trad_le_vec
++ targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_ntrad_le_vec mips_elf32_ntrad_be_vec mips_elf32_trad_le_vec mips_elf32_trad_be_vec mips_elf64_trad_be_vec"
+ ;;
+ mips64*-*-linux*)
+- targ_defvec=mips_elf32_ntrad_be_vec
+- targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_ntrad_le_vec mips_elf32_trad_be_vec mips_elf32_trad_le_vec mips_elf64_trad_be_vec mips_elf64_trad_le_vec"
++ targ_defvec=mips_elf64_trad_be_vec
++ targ_selvecs="mips_elf32_ntrad_be_vec mips_elf32_ntrad_le_vec mips_elf32_trad_be_vec mips_elf32_trad_le_vec mips_elf64_trad_le_vec"
+ ;;
+ mips*el-*-linux*)
+ targ_defvec=mips_elf32_trad_le_vec
+--- a/ld/configure.tgt
++++ b/ld/configure.tgt
+@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ mips*el-*-vxworks*) targ_emul=elf32elmip
+ mips*-*-vxworks*) targ_emul=elf32ebmipvxworks
+ targ_extra_emuls="elf32elmipvxworks" ;;
+ mips*-*-windiss) targ_emul=elf32mipswindiss ;;
+-mips64*el-*-linux-*) targ_emul=elf32ltsmipn32
+- targ_extra_emuls="elf32btsmipn32 elf32ltsmip elf32btsmip elf64ltsmip elf64btsmip"
++mips64*el-*-linux-*) targ_emul=elf64ltsmip
++ targ_extra_emuls="elf32btsmipn32 elf32ltsmipn32 elf32ltsmip elf32btsmip elf64btsmip"
+ targ_extra_libpath=$targ_extra_emuls ;;
+-mips64*-*-linux-*) targ_emul=elf32btsmipn32
+- targ_extra_emuls="elf32ltsmipn32 elf32btsmip elf32ltsmip elf64btsmip elf64ltsmip"
++mips64*-*-linux-*) targ_emul=elf64btsmip
++ targ_extra_emuls="elf32btsmipn32 elf32ltsmipn32 elf32btsmip elf32ltsmip elf64ltsmip"
+ targ_extra_libpath=$targ_extra_emuls ;;
+ mips*el-*-linux-*) targ_emul=elf32ltsmip
+ targ_extra_emuls="elf32btsmip elf32ltsmipn32 elf64ltsmip elf32btsmipn32 elf64btsmip"