diff --git a/buildroot_config_fragment b/buildroot_config_fragment
index 8f12fc5..ecb93b0 100644
--- a/buildroot_config_fragment
+++ b/buildroot_config_fragment
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="../global_patch_dir"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="../kernel_config_fragment"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="../busybox_config_fragment"
 BR2_PACKAGE_KERNEL_MODULE=y
diff --git a/global_patch_dir/host-qemu/0001-test-patch.patch b/global_patch_dir/host-qemu/0001-test-patch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c356e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global_patch_dir/host-qemu/0001-test-patch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/README b/README
+index f38193fc67..1a8c2ff4c0 100644
+--- a/README
++++ b/README
+@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+          QEMU README
+          ===========
+ 
++asdf
++
+ QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
+ virtualizer.
+ 
diff --git a/run b/run
index 551885d..361c77a 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -26,14 +26,22 @@ make BR2_EXTERNAL="$(pwd)/../kernel_module" "$defconfig"
 # TODO Can't get rid of this for now.
 # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/44078245/is-it-possible-to-use-config-fragments-with-buildroots-config
 cat ../buildroot_config_fragment >> .config
+
+# HOST_QEMU_OPTS is a hack that happens to work because the QEMU package luckly uses += at all times.
+# It shouldn't be necessary in the first place: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=9936
+# Even if were an autotools package, there is no general way currently to pass extra configs to it:
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44341188/how-to-pass-extra-custom-configure-autotools-options-to-a-buildroot-package/44341225#44341225
+#
+# We might add this later on.
+# host-qemu-rebuild \
 env \
   -u LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
   make \
   BR2_JLEVEL="$(($(nproc) - 2))" \
   HOST_QEMU_OPTS="--enable-sdl --with-sdlabi=2.0" \
-  host-qemu-rebuild \
   kernel_module-rebuild \
   all \
 ;
+
 cd ..
 ./runqemu "$@"