diff --git a/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group b/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
index 9aeb094..acaad35 100644
--- a/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
+++ b/groups/251.native_packages_lib.group
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 GROUP_TARGET="native_packages";
 NATIVE_PACKAGES_PACKAGES="$(rtl_lconcat "${NATIVE_PACKAGES_PACKAGES}" "
 glib jansson lame libarchive libass libassuan libatomic_ops libdmtx libedit libeditline libelf libestr
-libevent libfastjson libfetch libffi libfirm libflac libgcrypt libgpg_error libidn2 libite
+libevent libexif libfastjson libfetch libffi libfirm libflac libgcrypt libgpg_error libidn2 libite
 libjpeg_turbo libksba libmad libmspack libmp3splt libogg libpcap libpipeline libpng libpsl
 readline libredwg libressl libsasl2 libshine libsndfile libsolv libssh
 libstrophe libtasn1 libtelnet libtheora libtirpc libudns libunistring
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ sdl1_image sdl1_ttf sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_ttf wolfssl")";
 : ${PKG_LIBEVENT_VERSION:=2.1.12-stable};
 : ${PKG_LIBEVENT_URL:=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${PKG_LIBEVENT_VERSION}/libevent-${PKG_LIBEVENT_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_LIBEVENT_CONFIG_CACHE_EXTRA:="ac_pe_target=true"};
+: ${PKG_LIBEXIF_SHA256SUM:=a740a99920eb81ae0aa802bb46e683ce6e0cde061c210f5d5bde5b8572380431};
+: ${PKG_LIBEXIF_VERSION:=0.6.23};
+: ${PKG_LIBEXIF_URL:=https://github.com/libexif/libexif/releases/download/v${PKG_LIBEXIF_VERSION}/libexif-${PKG_LIBEXIF_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_LIBFASTJSON_SHA256SUM:=3544c757668b4a257825b3cbc26f800f59ef3c1ff2a260f40f96b48ab1d59e07};
 : ${PKG_LIBFASTJSON_VERSION:=0.99.8};
 : ${PKG_LIBFASTJSON_URL:=http://download.rsyslog.com/libfastjson/libfastjson-${PKG_LIBFASTJSON_VERSION}.tar.gz};
diff --git a/patches/libexif-0.6.23.local.patch b/patches/libexif-0.6.23.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5949e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/libexif-0.6.23.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From 0c925491dea995ca96770159158bb8d57a48d84b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:56:32 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] libexif/exif-gps-ifd.c: fix build with gcc 4.8
+
+Fix the following build failure with gcc 4.8 raised since version 0.6.23 and
+https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/e12c3529813cd16d50bf0a1c759093e1039dffec:
+
+exif-gps-ifd.c: In function 'exif_get_gps_tag_info':
+exif-gps-ifd.c:62:3: error: 'for' loop initial declarations are only allowed in C99 mode
+   for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(exif_gps_ifd_tags) / sizeof(ExifGPSIfdTagInfo); ++i) {
+   ^
+exif-gps-ifd.c:62:3: note: use option -std=c99 or -std=gnu99 to compile your code
+
+Fixes:
+ - http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/7dd222e06d1e6611449fb8fe7516817c9ad43d65
+
+Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
+---
+ libexif/exif-gps-ifd.c | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libexif/exif-gps-ifd.c b/libexif/exif-gps-ifd.c
+index 9c9ba70..de5f950 100644
+--- a/libexif/exif-gps-ifd.c
++++ b/libexif/exif-gps-ifd.c
+@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ const static struct ExifGPSIfdTagInfo exif_gps_ifd_tags[] = {
+ };
+ 
+ const ExifGPSIfdTagInfo *exif_get_gps_tag_info(ExifTag tag) {
+-  for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(exif_gps_ifd_tags) / sizeof(ExifGPSIfdTagInfo); ++i) {
++  int i;
++  for (i = 0; i < sizeof(exif_gps_ifd_tags) / sizeof(ExifGPSIfdTagInfo); ++i) {
+     if (tag==exif_gps_ifd_tags[i].tag)
+       return &exif_gps_ifd_tags[i];
+   }