diff --git a/recipes-ros/catkin/catkin_0.6.19.bb b/recipes-ros/catkin/catkin_0.6.19.bb
index e4a4ba2..ea33c02 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/catkin/catkin_0.6.19.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/catkin/catkin_0.6.19.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require catkin.inc
 
-SRC_URI += "file://environment.d-catkin.sh"
+SRC_URI += "file://environment.d-catkin.sh \
+    file://0001-strip-l-from-lpthread-library-to-fix-a-build-failure.patch \
+"
 
 DEPENDS_class-native += "catkin-runtime"
 
diff --git a/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-allow-proper-cross-compilation-with-catkin.patch b/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-allow-proper-cross-compilation-with-catkin.patch
index 0309579..9a3c8ec 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-allow-proper-cross-compilation-with-catkin.patch
+++ b/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-allow-proper-cross-compilation-with-catkin.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From e6179255b99264a51f8733f52d92ca579fbacb61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 5de0fe25ec27bca4c593e06cdc0c3dff3d553e06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
 Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 02:11:42 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] allow proper cross-compilation with catkin
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ Some of the context lines in patches were ignored. This can lead to incorrectly
 Upstream-Status: Pending
 
 Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
+
 ---
  cmake/all.cmake                    |  1 +
- cmake/catkin_package.cmake         |  8 ++++++++
- cmake/catkin_strip_root_path.cmake | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- cmake/templates/pkgConfig.cmake.in | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
+ cmake/catkin_package.cmake         |  8 ++++++
+ cmake/catkin_strip_root_path.cmake | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++
+ cmake/templates/pkgConfig.cmake.in | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
  4 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
  create mode 100644 cmake/catkin_strip_root_path.cmake
 
@@ -170,6 +171,3 @@ index d99b811..3af5c71 100644
          break()
        endif()
      endforeach()
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-strip-l-from-lpthread-library-to-fix-a-build-failure.patch b/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-strip-l-from-lpthread-library-to-fix-a-build-failure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be94421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-strip-l-from-lpthread-library-to-fix-a-build-failure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From e19e2085e1aa58456ed94c529536df387e0ab340 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jochen Sprickerhof <github@jochen.sprickerhof.de>
+Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 07:36:24 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] strip "-l" from "-lpthread" library, to fix a build failure
+
+ on ros-ros-comm (#975)
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport from 0.17.15 [https://github.com/ros/catkin/commit/98f97ffcffbb7127d4a8aff0fcb26d1578557906]
+
+---
+ cmake/templates/pkgConfig.cmake.in | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/cmake/templates/pkgConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/templates/pkgConfig.cmake.in
+index 3af5c71..8bc8979 100644
+--- a/cmake/templates/pkgConfig.cmake.in
++++ b/cmake/templates/pkgConfig.cmake.in
+@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ foreach(library ${libraries})
+   # keep build configuration keywords, target names and absolute libraries as-is
+   if("${library}" MATCHES "^(debug|optimized|general)$")
+     list(APPEND @PROJECT_NAME@_LIBRARIES ${library})
++  elseif(${library} MATCHES "^-l")
++    list(APPEND @PROJECT_NAME@_LIBRARIES ${library})
+   elseif(TARGET ${library})
+     list(APPEND @PROJECT_NAME@_LIBRARIES ${library})
+   elseif(IS_ABSOLUTE ${library} AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
diff --git a/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-use-python-provided-by-environment-instead-of-the-ge.patch b/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-use-python-provided-by-environment-instead-of-the-ge.patch
index 56dd7a9..3d94a21 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-use-python-provided-by-environment-instead-of-the-ge.patch
+++ b/recipes-ros/catkin/files/0001-use-python-provided-by-environment-instead-of-the-ge.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 7894487c0d749124c3b0d82fcebff2309a84024a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 23972aa72e7364f6fd69cdd102274fc2a29fb395 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@bmw-carit.de>
 Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 15:38:05 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] use python provided by environment instead of the generated