diff --git a/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0002-don-t-use-glibc-specific-qsort_r.patch b/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0002-don-t-use-glibc-specific-qsort_r.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d109860e1a1e31b529fb6e53226f2bf04ca6a67f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0002-don-t-use-glibc-specific-qsort_r.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+From c542d2d93cf536e91d4edb8791fdc0de732b0a52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
+Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:41:41 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] don't use glibc-specific qsort_r
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [musl specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+[Rebased for v241]
+Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
+[Rebased for v242]
+Signed-off-by: Andrej Valek <andrej.valek@siemens.com>
+[Rebased for v247]
+Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@microsoft.com>
+
+---
+ src/basic/sort-util.h | 14 --------------
+ src/shared/format-table.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
+ src/shared/hwdb-util.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
+ 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/basic/sort-util.h b/src/basic/sort-util.h
+index 02a6784d99..cb448df109 100644
+--- a/src/basic/sort-util.h
++++ b/src/basic/sort-util.h
+@@ -61,18 +61,4 @@ static inline void _qsort_safe(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, comparison
+ _qsort_safe((p), (n), sizeof((p)[0]), (comparison_fn_t) _func_); \
+ })
+
+-static inline void qsort_r_safe(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, comparison_userdata_fn_t compar, void *userdata) {
+- if (nmemb <= 1)
+- return;
+-
+- assert(base);
+- qsort_r(base, nmemb, size, compar, userdata);
+-}
+-
+-#define typesafe_qsort_r(p, n, func, userdata) \
+- ({ \
+- int (*_func_)(const typeof(p[0])*, const typeof(p[0])*, typeof(userdata)) = func; \
+- qsort_r_safe((p), (n), sizeof((p)[0]), (comparison_userdata_fn_t) _func_, userdata); \
+- })
+-
+ int cmp_int(const int *a, const int *b);
+diff --git a/src/shared/format-table.c b/src/shared/format-table.c
+index b95680b365..5ffa208615 100644
+--- a/src/shared/format-table.c
++++ b/src/shared/format-table.c
+@@ -1324,30 +1324,32 @@ static int cell_data_compare(TableData *a, size_t index_a, TableData *b, size_t
+ return CMP(index_a, index_b);
+ }
+
+-static int table_data_compare(const size_t *a, const size_t *b, Table *t) {
++static Table *user_table;
++static int table_data_compare(const void *x, const void *y) {
++ const size_t *a = x, *b=y;
+ int r;
+
+- assert(t);
+- assert(t->sort_map);
++ assert(user_table);
++ assert(user_table->sort_map);
+
+ /* Make sure the header stays at the beginning */
+- if (*a < t->n_columns && *b < t->n_columns)
++ if (*a < user_table->n_columns && *b < user_table->n_columns)
+ return 0;
+- if (*a < t->n_columns)
++ if (*a < user_table->n_columns)
+ return -1;
+- if (*b < t->n_columns)
++ if (*b < user_table->n_columns)
+ return 1;
+
+ /* Order other lines by the sorting map */
+- for (size_t i = 0; i < t->n_sort_map; i++) {
++ for (size_t i = 0; i < user_table->n_sort_map; i++) {
+ TableData *d, *dd;
+
+- d = t->data[*a + t->sort_map[i]];
+- dd = t->data[*b + t->sort_map[i]];
++ d = user_table->data[*a + user_table->sort_map[i]];
++ dd = user_table->data[*b + user_table->sort_map[i]];
+
+ r = cell_data_compare(d, *a, dd, *b);
+ if (r != 0)
+- return t->reverse_map && t->reverse_map[t->sort_map[i]] ? -r : r;
++ return user_table->reverse_map && user_table->reverse_map[user_table->sort_map[i]] ? -r : r;
+ }
+
+ /* Order identical lines by the order there were originally added in */
+@@ -2009,7 +2011,12 @@ int table_print(Table *t, FILE *f) {
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < n_rows; i++)
+ sorted[i] = i * t->n_columns;
+
+- typesafe_qsort_r(sorted, n_rows, table_data_compare, t);
++ if (n_rows <= 1)
++ return 0;
++ assert(sorted);
++ user_table = t;
++ qsort(sorted, n_rows, sizeof(size_t), table_data_compare);
++ user_table = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (t->display_map)
+@@ -2647,7 +2654,12 @@ int table_to_json(Table *t, JsonVariant **ret) {
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < n_rows; i++)
+ sorted[i] = i * t->n_columns;
+
+- typesafe_qsort_r(sorted, n_rows, table_data_compare, t);
++ if (n_rows <= 1)
++ return 0;
++ assert(sorted);
++ user_table = t;
++ qsort(sorted, n_rows, sizeof(size_t), table_data_compare);
++ user_table = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (t->display_map)
+diff --git a/src/shared/hwdb-util.c b/src/shared/hwdb-util.c
+index fe4785f3e5..827e1639c3 100644
+--- a/src/shared/hwdb-util.c
++++ b/src/shared/hwdb-util.c
+@@ -127,9 +127,13 @@ static struct trie* trie_free(struct trie *trie) {
+
+ DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(struct trie*, trie_free);
+
+-static int trie_values_cmp(const struct trie_value_entry *a, const struct trie_value_entry *b, struct trie *trie) {
+- return strcmp(trie->strings->buf + a->key_off,
+- trie->strings->buf + b->key_off);
++static struct trie *trie_node_add_value_trie;
++static int trie_values_cmp(const void *v1, const void *v2) {
++ const struct trie_value_entry *a = v1;
++ const struct trie_value_entry *b = v2;
++
++ return strcmp(trie_node_add_value_trie->strings->buf + a->key_off,
++ trie_node_add_value_trie->strings->buf + b->key_off);
+ }
+
+ static int trie_node_add_value(struct trie *trie, struct trie_node *node,
+@@ -157,7 +161,10 @@ static int trie_node_add_value(struct trie *trie, struct trie_node *node,
+ .value_off = v,
+ };
+
+- val = typesafe_bsearch_r(&search, node->values, node->values_count, trie_values_cmp, trie);
++ trie_node_add_value_trie = trie;
++ val = bsearch(&search, node->values, node->values_count, sizeof(struct trie_value_entry), trie_values_cmp);
++ trie_node_add_value_trie = NULL;
++
+ if (val) {
+ /* At this point we have 2 identical properties on the same match-string.
+ * Since we process files in order, we just replace the previous value. */
+@@ -183,7 +190,9 @@ static int trie_node_add_value(struct trie *trie, struct trie_node *node,
+ .line_number = line_number,
+ };
+ node->values_count++;
+- typesafe_qsort_r(node->values, node->values_count, trie_values_cmp, trie);
++ trie_node_add_value_trie = trie;
++ qsort(node->values, node->values_count, sizeof(struct trie_value_entry), trie_values_cmp);
++ trie_node_add_value_trie = NULL;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
diff --git a/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..21bc698bf16944cb487c3a5f024be1f4256957fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Huawei Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/systemd:"
+
+# This patch was dropped in oe-core as musl 1.2.3 implements qsort_r, but as
+# long as we are pinning on 1.2.0 for OpenHarmony builds, we need it.
+SRC_URI:append:df-openharmony = " file://0002-don-t-use-glibc-specific-qsort_r.patch"