diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0e68645..3989297 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ pushd .. &>/dev/null
 popd &>/dev/null
 patch -p0 < $PATCH_DIR/cctools-ld64-1.patch
 patch -p0 < $PATCH_DIR/cctools-ld64-2.patch
+patch -p1 < $PATCH_DIR/cctools-ld64-linux-ncpus.patch
 echo ""
 CONFFLAGS="--prefix=$TARGET_DIR --target=x86_64-apple-$TARGET "
 CONFFLAGS+="--disable-clang-as "
diff --git a/patches/cctools-ld64-linux-ncpus.patch b/patches/cctools-ld64-linux-ncpus.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1a1c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/cctools-ld64-linux-ncpus.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+diff --git cctools/ld64/src/ld/InputFiles.cpp cctools/ld64/src/ld/InputFiles.cpp
+index 13207e5..2b6f7bd 100644
+--- cctools/ld64/src/ld/InputFiles.cpp
++++ cctools/ld64/src/ld/InputFiles.cpp
+@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@
+ #include <sys/sysctl.h>
+ #include <libkern/OSAtomic.h>
+ 
++// ld64-port
++#ifdef __linux__
++#ifndef __USE_GNU
++#define __USE_GNU
++#endif
++#include <sched.h>
++#endif
++// ld64-port end
++
+ #include <string>
+ #include <map>
+ #include <set>
+@@ -913,6 +922,20 @@ InputFiles::InputFiles(Options& opts, const char** archName)
+ 	
+ 	// initialize info for parsing input files on worker threads
+ 	unsigned int ncpus;
++#ifdef __linux__ // ld64-port
++	cpu_set_t cs;
++	CPU_ZERO(&cs);
++
++	if (!sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cs), &cs)) {
++		ncpus = 0;
++
++		for (int i = 0; i < CPU_SETSIZE; i++)
++			if (CPU_ISSET(i, &cs))
++				ncpus++;
++	} else {
++		ncpus = 1;
++	}
++#else
+ 	int mib[2];
+ 	size_t len = sizeof(ncpus);
+ 	mib[0] = CTL_HW;
+@@ -920,6 +943,7 @@ InputFiles::InputFiles(Options& opts, const char** archName)
+ 	if (sysctl(mib, 2, &ncpus, &len, NULL, 0) != 0) {
+ 		ncpus = 1;
+ 	}
++#endif
+ 	_availableWorkers = MIN(ncpus, files.size()); // max # workers we permit
+ 	_idleWorkers = 0;
+ 	
diff --git a/tools/cpucount.c b/tools/cpucount.c
index 3c51de5..3f06b8b 100644
--- a/tools/cpucount.c
+++ b/tools/cpucount.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /***********************************************************************
  *  OSXCross                                                           *
- *  Copyright (C) 2013, 2014 by Thomas Poechtrager                     *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2013-2016 by Thomas Poechtrager                      *
  *  t.poechtrager@gmail.com                                            *
  *                                                                     *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or      *
@@ -61,14 +61,15 @@ int getcpucount() {
   int i, cpucount = 0;
 
   CPU_ZERO(&cs);
-  sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cs), &cs);
 
-  for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) {
+  if (sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cs), &cs))
+    return 1;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < CPU_SETSIZE; i++)
     if (CPU_ISSET(i, &cs))
       cpucount++;
-  }
 
-  return cpucount ? cpucount : 1;
+  return cpucount;
 #else
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || \
     defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || \