diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/boinc/boinc-client/0001-Do-not-undefine-_FILE_OFFSET_BITS.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/boinc/boinc-client/0001-Do-not-undefine-_FILE_OFFSET_BITS.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..846fb099dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/boinc/boinc-client/0001-Do-not-undefine-_FILE_OFFSET_BITS.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 4e5c5a245f248976ea55fe1f805badb0cb1bb072 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 23:41:36 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not undefine _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+
+This does not work when we want to use 64bit time_t in glibc
+therefore let system decide on defining these macros
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ client/client_types.cpp  | 9 ---------
+ client/hostinfo_unix.cpp | 9 ---------
+ 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/client/client_types.cpp b/client/client_types.cpp
+index 2977ef7863..7653517302 100644
+--- a/client/client_types.cpp
++++ b/client/client_types.cpp
+@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@
+ #include "zlib.h"
+ #else
+ #include "config.h"
+-// Somehow having config.h define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS or _LARGE_FILES is
+-// causing open to be redefined to open64 which somehow, in some versions
+-// of zlib.h causes gzopen to be redefined as gzopen64 which subsequently gets
+-// reported as a linker error.  So for this file, we compile in small files
+-// mode, regardless of these settings
+-#undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+-#undef _LARGE_FILES
+-#undef _LARGEFILE_SOURCE
+-#undef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <zlib.h>
+diff --git a/client/hostinfo_unix.cpp b/client/hostinfo_unix.cpp
+index ff0b596221..0ad6841b39 100644
+--- a/client/hostinfo_unix.cpp
++++ b/client/hostinfo_unix.cpp
+@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@
+ 
+ #if !defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN32__)
+ 
+-// Access to binary files in /proc filesystem doesn't work in the 64bit
+-// files environment on some systems.
+-// None of the functions here need 64bit file functions,
+-// so undefine _FILE_OFFSET_BITS and _LARGE_FILES.
+-//
+-#undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+-#undef _LARGE_FILES
+-#undef _LARGEFILE_SOURCE
+-#undef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
+ #include <iostream>
+ #include <vector>
+ #include <string>
+-- 
+2.39.0
+
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/boinc/boinc-client_7.20.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/boinc/boinc-client_7.20.4.bb
index 4cbbca23f2..a16117b993 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/boinc/boinc-client_7.20.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/boinc/boinc-client_7.20.4.bb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ BRANCH = "client_release/7/7.20"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/BOINC/boinc;protocol=https;branch=${BRANCH} \
            file://boinc-AM_CONDITIONAL.patch \
            file://0001-scripts-Do-not-check-for-files-on-build-host.patch \
+           file://0001-Do-not-undefine-_FILE_OFFSET_BITS.patch \
 "
 
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