diff --git a/package/network/utils/layerscape/restool/Makefile b/package/network/utils/layerscape/restool/Makefile
index eecc8d5a0d8..f0a3a4625af 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/layerscape/restool/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/layerscape/restool/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=restool
 PKG_VERSION:=6.18.2.1.0.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/nxp-qoriq/restool
diff --git a/package/network/utils/layerscape/restool/patches/001-Makefile-sort-source-files.patch b/package/network/utils/layerscape/restool/patches/001-Makefile-sort-source-files.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f27a3f7eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/network/utils/layerscape/restool/patches/001-Makefile-sort-source-files.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 7eaf41b04bd2a2b8775c1feb91a631236182bf86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
+Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 12:33:51 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: sort source files for reproducible builds
+
+Right now the list is generated by find, which order depends of the underlying
+filesystem. This causes reproducibility issues within the OpenWrt build system.
+
+Fix it by adding a deterministic sort.
+
+Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index a3d1599..461100d 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ifeq ($(origin CC),default)
+ 	CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+ endif
+ 
+-SRC = $(shell find . -name "*.c")
++SRC = $(sort $(shell find . -name "*.c"))
+ OBJ = $(patsubst %.c, %.o, $(SRC))
+ MANPAGE ?= restool.1
+ RESTOOL_SCRIPT_SYMLINKS = ls-addmux ls-addsw ls-addni ls-listni ls-listmac ls-delete