diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/Config.in
index 7cc51a1bb10a7990bf47c4b59e20e5f2e98acf8b..75dc5361a6829621030f710f497451b33a1aa1ec 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ choice
 	  Select the C library implementation.
 
 	config LIBC_USE_GLIBC
-		bool "Use (e)glibc"
+		bool "Use glibc"
 		select USE_GLIBC
 		depends on !arc
 
diff --git a/toolchain/glibc/Config.in b/toolchain/glibc/Config.in
index b44d1f68183fe595eb5ee8176b807e7fdaa0ac14..ef5ef562f44c93aac118213cc2bced2dcef44728 100644
--- a/toolchain/glibc/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/glibc/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 choice
-	prompt "(e)glibc version"
+	prompt "glibc version"
 	depends on TOOLCHAINOPTS && USE_GLIBC
 	default GLIBC_USE_VERSION_2_22
 	help
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ choice
 		bool "glibc 2.22"
 		select GLIBC_VERSION_2_22
 
+	config GLIBC_USE_VERSION_2_24
+		bool "glibc 2.24"
+		select GLIBC_VERSION_2_24
+
 endchoice
diff --git a/toolchain/glibc/Config.version b/toolchain/glibc/Config.version
index 4085f89c5efca04eea0e938f57013437d154c08f..ec8280f5dd00a25c3667e4bb3daec085fa27a413 100644
--- a/toolchain/glibc/Config.version
+++ b/toolchain/glibc/Config.version
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ if USE_GLIBC
 config GLIBC_VERSION
 	string
 	default "2.22" if GLIBC_VERSION_2_22
+	default "2.24" if GLIBC_VERSION_2_24
 
 config GLIBC_VERSION_2_22
 	default y if !TOOLCHAINOPTS
 	bool
 
+config GLIBC_VERSION_2_24
+	bool
+
 endif
diff --git a/toolchain/glibc/common.mk b/toolchain/glibc/common.mk
index 4de9905f34920e25ad3af063523ca94974c9be9a..11de291ab874f66c38942d21ab3a0f64a4bda534 100644
--- a/toolchain/glibc/common.mk
+++ b/toolchain/glibc/common.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ REVISION_2.21 = 16d0a0c
 MD5SUM_2.22 = b575850e77b37d70f96472285290b391
 REVISION_2.22 = b995d95
 
+MD5SUM_2.24 = 5c5a6f1ac6fce866e37643c41ac116f3
+REVISION_2.24 = 8c716c2
+
 
 PKG_NAME:=glibc
 PKG_VERSION:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_GLIBC_VERSION))
@@ -55,10 +58,14 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),mips64)
   endif
 endif
 
+
+# -Os miscompiles w. 2.24 gcc5/gcc6
+# only -O2 tested by upstream changeset
+# "Optimize i386 syscall inlining for GCC 5"
 GLIBC_CONFIGURE:= \
 	BUILD_CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+	CFLAGS="-O2 $(filter-out -Os,$(call qstrip,$(TARGET_CFLAGS)))" \
 	libc_cv_slibdir="/lib" \
 	use_ldconfig=no \
 	$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/$(GLIBC_PATH)configure \
@@ -74,6 +81,7 @@ GLIBC_CONFIGURE:= \
 		--$(if $(CONFIG_SOFT_FLOAT),without,with)-fp
 
 export libc_cv_ssp=no
+export libc_cv_ssp_strong=no
 export ac_cv_header_cpuid_h=yes
 export HOST_CFLAGS := $(HOST_CFLAGS) -idirafter $(CURDIR)/$(PATH_PREFIX)/include
 
diff --git a/toolchain/glibc/patches/2.24/100-fix_cross_rpcgen.patch b/toolchain/glibc/patches/2.24/100-fix_cross_rpcgen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6a5e537b77a6a7c780b5ed44dbe5e9f172468a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/glibc/patches/2.24/100-fix_cross_rpcgen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+--- a/sunrpc/rpc/types.h
++++ b/sunrpc/rpc/types.h
+@@ -75,18 +75,23 @@ typedef unsigned long rpcport_t;
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef __u_char_defined
+-typedef __u_char u_char;
+-typedef __u_short u_short;
+-typedef __u_int u_int;
+-typedef __u_long u_long;
+-typedef __quad_t quad_t;
+-typedef __u_quad_t u_quad_t;
+-typedef __fsid_t fsid_t;
++typedef unsigned char u_char;
++typedef unsigned short u_short;
++typedef unsigned int u_int;
++typedef unsigned long u_long;
++#if __WORDSIZE == 64
++typedef long int quad_t;
++typedef unsigned long int u_quad_t;
++#elif defined __GLIBC_HAVE_LONG_LONG
++typedef long long int quad_t;
++typedef unsigned long long int u_quad_t;
++#endif
++typedef u_quad_t fsid_t;
+ # define __u_char_defined
+ #endif
+-#ifndef __daddr_t_defined
+-typedef __daddr_t daddr_t;
+-typedef __caddr_t caddr_t;
++#if !defined(__daddr_t_defined) && defined(linux)
++typedef long int daddr_t;
++typedef char *caddr_t;
+ # define __daddr_t_defined
+ #endif
+ 
+--- a/sunrpc/rpc_main.c
++++ b/sunrpc/rpc_main.c
+@@ -958,9 +958,10 @@ mkfile_output (struct commandline *cmd)
+ 	abort ();
+       temp = rindex (cmd->infile, '.');
+       cp = stpcpy (mkfilename, "Makefile.");
+-      if (temp != NULL)
+-	*((char *) stpncpy (cp, cmd->infile, temp - cmd->infile)) = '\0';
+-      else
++      if (temp != NULL) {
++        strncpy(cp, cmd->infile, temp - cmd->infile);
++        cp[temp - cmd->infile - 1] = 0;
++      } else
+ 	stpcpy (cp, cmd->infile);
+ 
+     }
diff --git a/toolchain/glibc/patches/2.24/200-add-dl-search-paths.patch b/toolchain/glibc/patches/2.24/200-add-dl-search-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d65a0bcdd01b033d5a5e56fd8699d0847ab9437b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/glibc/patches/2.24/200-add-dl-search-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+add /usr/lib to default search path for the dynamic linker
+
+--- a/Makeconfig
++++ b/Makeconfig
+@@ -526,6 +526,9 @@ else
+ default-rpath = $(libdir)
+ endif
+ 
++# Add /usr/lib to default search path for the dynamic linker
++user-defined-trusted-dirs := /usr/lib
++
+ ifndef link-extra-libs
+ link-extra-libs = $(LDLIBS-$(@F))
+ link-extra-libs-static = $(link-extra-libs)