diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams/0001-build-fix-parallel-make.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams/0001-build-fix-parallel-make.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bc34331d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams/0001-build-fix-parallel-make.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+From 90de630f21ac744a37b3adac1bd84654471744ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:30:01 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] build: fix parallel make
+
+Imported from Gentoo
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ Makefile         | 15 +++++++++++++--
+ wvrules-posix.mk |  7 +++++--
+ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 72c8bef..5a4cfb2 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -131,12 +131,19 @@ utils/tests/%: PRELIBS+=$(LIBWVSTREAMS)
+ # libwvstreams: stream/event handling library
+ #
+ TARGETS += libwvstreams.so
+-TARGETS += crypto/tests/ssltest ipstreams/tests/unixtest
++TARGETS += crypto/tests/ssltest                                                                                                                             
++crypto/tests/ssltest: $(LIBWVSTREAMS)                                                                                                                       
++
++TARGETS += ipstreams/tests/unixtest
++ipstreams/tests/unixtest: $(LIBWVSTREAMS)
++
+ TARGETS += crypto/tests/printcert
++crypto/tests/printcert: $(LIBWVSTREAMS)
+ 
+ ifndef _MACOS
+   ifneq ("$(with_readline)", "no")
+     TARGETS += ipstreams/tests/wsd
++    ipstreams/tests/wsd: $(LIBWVSTREAMS)
+     ipstreams/tests/wsd-LIBS += -lreadline
+   else
+     TEST_SKIP_OBJS += ipstreams/tests/wsd
+@@ -179,7 +186,11 @@ uniconf/tests/%: PRELIBS+=$(LIBUNICONF)
+ #
+ ifneq ("$(with_dbus)", "no")
+   TARGETS += libwvdbus.so
+-  TARGETS += dbus/tests/wvdbus dbus/tests/wvdbusd
++  TARGETS += dbus/tests/wvdbus
++  dbus/tests/wvdbus: $(LIBWVDBUS)
++
++  TARGETS += dbus/tests/wvdbusd
++  dbus/tests/wvdbusd: $(LIBWVDBUS)
+   TESTS += $(call tests_cc,dbus/tests)
+   libwvdbus_OBJS += $(call objects,dbus)
+   libwvdbus.so: $(libwvdbus_OBJS) $(LIBWVSTREAMS)
+diff --git a/wvrules-posix.mk b/wvrules-posix.mk
+index f94d2cd..2e99f36 100644
+--- a/wvrules-posix.mk
++++ b/wvrules-posix.mk
+@@ -80,12 +80,15 @@ define wvlink_ar
+ 	$(AR) s $1
+ endef
+ 
+-CC: FORCE
++CC:
+ 	@CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" \
+ 	  $(WVSTREAMS)/gen-cc CC c
+ 
+-CXX: FORCE
++CXX:
+ 	@CC="$(CXX)" CFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" \
+ 	  $(WVSTREAMS)/gen-cc CXX cc
+ 
++#All files must depend on the above two rules. This is a godawful hack.
++$(shell find -type f '(' -name '*.c' -o -name '*.cc' ')' ): CC CXX
++
+ wvlink=$(LINK_MSG)$(WVLINK_CC) $(LDFLAGS) $($1-LDFLAGS) -o $1 $(filter %.o %.a %.so, $2) $($1-LIBS) $(XX_LIBS) $(LDLIBS) $(PRELIBS) $(LIBS)
+-- 
+2.14.1
+
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams/0002-wvrules.mk-Use-_DEFAULT_SOURCE.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams/0002-wvrules.mk-Use-_DEFAULT_SOURCE.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59f70e380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams/0002-wvrules.mk-Use-_DEFAULT_SOURCE.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 4afff42714a15cb796d3589d87c6fac4558b2c95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:33:32 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] wvrules.mk: Use _DEFAULT_SOURCE
+
+Fixes warnings with newer glibc
+warning: "_BSD_SOURCE and _SVID_SOURCE are deprecated, use _DEFAULT_SOURCE"
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ wvrules.mk | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/wvrules.mk b/wvrules.mk
+index 877f700..124bffd 100644
+--- a/wvrules.mk
++++ b/wvrules.mk
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ runtests:
+ 
+ INCFLAGS=$(addprefix -I,$(WVSTREAMS_INC) $(XPATH))
+ CPPFLAGS+=$(INCFLAGS) \
+-	-D_BSD_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE $(OSDEFINE) \
++	-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE $(OSDEFINE) \
+ 	-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 \
+ 	-DUNSTABLE
+ 
+-- 
+2.14.1
+
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams_4.6.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams_4.6.1.bb
index 0ac175251..e3d5e7d20 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams_4.6.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wvdial/wvstreams_4.6.1.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ SRC_URI = "http://${BPN}.googlecode.com/files/${BP}.tar.gz \
            file://0003-wvtask-Check-for-HAVE_LIBC_STACK_END-only-on-glibc-s.patch \
            file://0004-wvcrash-Replace-use-of-basename-API.patch \
            file://0005-check-for-libexecinfo-during-configure.patch \
+           file://0001-build-fix-parallel-make.patch \
+           file://0002-wvrules.mk-Use-_DEFAULT_SOURCE.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2760dac31a43d452a19a3147bfde571c"
@@ -26,8 +28,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8403f5fbf83aa9ac0c6ce15d97fd85607488152aa84e007b7d0621b8eb
 
 inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig
 
-PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
-
 TARGET_CFLAGS_append = " -fno-tree-dce -fno-optimize-sibling-calls"
 
 LDFLAGS_append = " -Wl,-rpath-link,${CROSS_DIR}/${TARGET_SYS}/lib"
