diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/gensio/files/0001-configure-Check-for-request_init-API-when-probing-fo.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/gensio/files/0001-configure-Check-for-request_init-API-when-probing-fo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b4caa2215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/gensio/files/0001-configure-Check-for-request_init-API-when-probing-fo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From f56e59712d8708c74a4cf66d24b5703fc16b22ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 11:31:48 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] configure: Check for request_init API when probing for
+ libwrap
+
+checking for main() is not right check, since this function is not part
+of libwrap but the app. Newer autocof and toolchain may fail
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/cminyard/gensio/pull/48]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ configure.ac | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 90cfcb6b..1c06d918 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(tcp-wrappers,
+ if test "$tcp_wrappers" != "no"
+ then
+   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([tcpd.h])
+-  AC_CHECK_LIB(wrap,main)
++  AC_CHECK_LIB(wrap,request_init)
+ fi
+ 
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE([doc],
+-- 
+2.37.3
+
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/gensio/gensio_2.5.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/gensio/gensio_2.5.2.bb
index 9de21209ca..d6b5f1987e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/gensio/gensio_2.5.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/gensio/gensio_2.5.2.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SRCREV = "b6cd354afe6d5f63bc859c94fd3a455a3cdf0449"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/cminyard/gensio;protocol=https;branch=master \
            file://0001-tools-gensiot-Fix-build-with-musl.patch \
+           file://0001-configure-Check-for-request_init-API-when-probing-fo.patch \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"