diff --git a/recipes/core/coreutils.yaml b/recipes/core/coreutils.yaml
index 77bba224..e3a7ec44 100644
--- a/recipes/core/coreutils.yaml
+++ b/recipes/core/coreutils.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ checkoutSCM:
 
 checkoutDeterministic: True
 checkoutScript: |
-      patchApplySeries $<@coreutils/*.patch@>
+    patchApplySeries $<@coreutils/*.patch@>
+    # prevent Makefile from updating the file because it's older than "configure"
+    touch doc/stamp-vti
 
 buildScript: |
     autotoolsBuild $1 \
diff --git a/recipes/core/coreutils/0003-add-L4Re-os.patch b/recipes/core/coreutils/0003-add-L4Re-os.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d6a9b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/core/coreutils/0003-add-L4Re-os.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/configure	2025-12-06 11:18:47.659006149 +0100
++++ b/configure	2025-12-06 11:18:58.185845210 +0100
+@@ -57172,6 +57172,7 @@
+        mingw* | windows*) os='MinGW';;
+        lynxos*)         os='LynxOS';;
+        linux*)          os='GNU/Linux';;
++       l4re*)           os='L4Re';;
+        hpux*)           os='HP-UX';;
+        hiux*)           os='HI-UX';;
+        gnu*)            os='GNU';;