diff --git a/cross-binutils-2.25-fixup-for-sh64.patch b/cross-binutils-2.25-fixup-for-sh64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9d8f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cross-binutils-2.25-fixup-for-sh64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- binutils-2.24/bfd/elf64-sh64.c.old
++++ binutils-2.24/bfd/elf64-sh64.c
+@@ -2894,6 +2894,10 @@ static void
+ sh64_elf64_final_write_processing (bfd *abfd,
+ 				   bfd_boolean linker ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+ {
++  /* PR 17288: Make sure that the SH5 flag is set.  */
++  if (elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_flags == 0)
++    elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_flags |= EF_SH5;
++
+   /* FIXME: Perhaps we shouldn't do this if the entry address was supplied
+      numerically, but we currently lack the infrastructure to recognize
+      that: The entry symbol, and info whether it is numeric or a symbol
diff --git a/cross-binutils.spec b/cross-binutils.spec
index 4e41426..5e40f4b 100644
--- a/cross-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-binutils.spec
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ Patch13: binutils-2.23.2-aarch64-em.patch
 # Fix detections little endian PPC shared libraries
 Patch14: binutils-2.24-ldforcele.patch
 
+# Fix formatless sprintfs in Score-specific code.
+Patch100: cross-binutils-2.25-fixup-for-sh64.patch
+
 Buildroot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 BuildRequires: texinfo >= 4.0, gettext, flex, bison, zlib-devel
 # BZ 920545: We need pod2man in order to build the manual pages.
@@ -215,6 +218,8 @@ cd %{srcdir}
 %patch14 -p1 -b .ldforcele~
 %endif
 
+%patch100 -p1 -b .sh64-fixup~
+
 # We cannot run autotools as there is an exact requirement of autoconf-2.59.
 
 # On ppc64 we might use 64KiB pages
@@ -658,6 +663,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %changelog
 * Wed Jan 7 2015 David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2.25-2
 - Fix up the target for SH64 and cease mixing 32-bit SH targets with SH64.
+- SH64: Work around flags not getting set on incremental link of .a into .o [binutils bz 17288].
 
 * Mon Jan 5 2015 David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2.25-1
 - Sync with binutils-2.25 to pick up fixes.