diff --git a/dev-util/systemtap/files/systemtap-4.0-AR.patch b/dev-util/systemtap/files/systemtap-4.0-AR.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fa5334e6fcf0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/systemtap/files/systemtap-4.0-AR.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/720710
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ AC_PROG_LN_S
+ AC_PROG_CC
+ AC_PROG_CXX
+ AC_PROG_CPP
++AM_PROG_AR
+ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+ AC_PROG_RANLIB
+ AC_OBJEXT
diff --git a/dev-util/systemtap/systemtap-4.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/systemtap/systemtap-4.0-r1.ebuild
index 03103d13f0fb0..b04e23d320d6b 100644
--- a/dev-util/systemtap/systemtap-4.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/systemtap/systemtap-4.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ DOCS="AUTHORS HACKING NEWS README"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.1-ia64.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.0-AR.patch
 )
 
 pkg_setup() {