diff --git a/feeds/packages/libs/libqmi/patches/001-fix-nmea.patch b/feeds/packages/libs/libqmi/patches/001-fix-nmea.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bf445e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/feeds/packages/libs/libqmi/patches/001-fix-nmea.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+Index: libqmi-1.24.8/build-aux/qmi-codegen/VariableString.py
+===================================================================
+--- libqmi-1.24.8.orig/build-aux/qmi-codegen/VariableString.py
++++ libqmi-1.24.8/build-aux/qmi-codegen/VariableString.py
+@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ class VariableString(Variable):
+         self.private_format = 'gchar *'
+         self.public_format = self.private_format
+ 
++        if 'force-ascii' in dictionary:
++            self.force_ascii = True
++        else:
++            self.force_ascii = False
++
+         if 'fixed-size' in dictionary:
+             self.is_fixed_size = True
+             # Fixed-size strings
+@@ -104,8 +109,9 @@ class VariableString(Variable):
+         else:
+             translations['n_size_prefix_bytes'] = self.n_size_prefix_bytes
+             translations['max_size'] = self.max_size if self.max_size != '' else '0'
++            translations['ascii'] = 'ascii' if self.force_ascii else ''
+             template = (
+-                '${lp}if (!qmi_message_tlv_read_string (message, init_offset, &offset, ${n_size_prefix_bytes}, ${max_size}, &(${variable_name}), ${error}))\n'
++                '${lp}if (!qmi_message_tlv_read_${ascii}string (message, init_offset, &offset, ${n_size_prefix_bytes}, ${max_size}, &(${variable_name}), ${error}))\n'
+                 '${lp}    goto ${tlv_out};\n')
+         f.write(string.Template(template).substitute(translations))
+ 
+@@ -151,12 +157,13 @@ class VariableString(Variable):
+         else:
+             translations['n_size_prefix_bytes'] = self.n_size_prefix_bytes
+             translations['max_size'] = self.max_size if self.max_size != '' else '0'
++            translations['ascii'] = 'ascii' if self.force_ascii else ''
+             template = (
+                 '\n'
+                 '${lp}{\n'
+                 '${lp}    gchar *tmp;\n'
+                 '\n'
+-                '${lp}    if (!qmi_message_tlv_read_string (message, init_offset, &offset, ${n_size_prefix_bytes}, ${max_size}, &tmp, &error))\n'
++                '${lp}    if (!qmi_message_tlv_read_${ascii}string (message, init_offset, &offset, ${n_size_prefix_bytes}, ${max_size}, &tmp, &error))\n'
+                 '${lp}        goto out;\n'
+                 '${lp}    g_string_append (printable, tmp);\n'
+                 '${lp}    g_free (tmp);\n'
+Index: libqmi-1.24.8/data/qmi-service-pds.json
+===================================================================
+--- libqmi-1.24.8.orig/data/qmi-service-pds.json
++++ libqmi-1.24.8/data/qmi-service-pds.json
+@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
+                      "id"        : "0x10",
+                      "type"      : "TLV",
+                      "since"     : "1.0",
++                     "force-ascii"     : "1",
+                      "format"    : "string",
+                      "max-size"  : "200" },
+                    { "name"      : "Extended NMEA Position",
+Index: libqmi-1.24.8/src/libqmi-glib/qmi-message.c
+===================================================================
+--- libqmi-1.24.8.orig/src/libqmi-glib/qmi-message.c
++++ libqmi-1.24.8/src/libqmi-glib/qmi-message.c
+@@ -1260,15 +1260,15 @@ qmi_message_tlv_read_gdouble (QmiMessage
+     *offset = *offset + 8;
+     return TRUE;
+ }
+-
+-gboolean
+-qmi_message_tlv_read_string (QmiMessage  *self,
++static gboolean
++qmi_message_tlv_read_string_worker (QmiMessage  *self,
+                              gsize        tlv_offset,
+                              gsize       *offset,
+                              guint8       n_size_prefix_bytes,
+                              guint16      max_size,
+                              gchar      **out,
+-                             GError     **error)
++                             GError     **error,
++                             gboolean     force_ascii)
+ {
+     const guint8 *ptr;
+     guint16 string_length;
+@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ qmi_message_tlv_read_string (QmiMessage
+      * but hey, the strings read using this method should all really be ASCII-7
+      * and we're trying to do our best to overcome modem firmware problems...
+      */
+-    if (__qmi_string_utf8_validate_printable (ptr, valid_string_length)) {
++    if (__qmi_string_utf8_validate_printable (ptr, valid_string_length) || force_ascii) {
+         *out = g_malloc (valid_string_length + 1);
+         memcpy (*out, ptr, valid_string_length);
+         (*out)[valid_string_length] = '\0';
+@@ -1348,6 +1348,34 @@ qmi_message_tlv_read_string (QmiMessage
+ }
+ 
+ gboolean
++qmi_message_tlv_read_string (QmiMessage  *self,
++                             gsize        tlv_offset,
++                             gsize       *offset,
++                             guint8       n_size_prefix_bytes,
++                             guint16      max_size,
++                             gchar      **out,
++                             GError     **error)
++{
++    return qmi_message_tlv_read_string_worker (self, tlv_offset, offset,
++               n_size_prefix_bytes, max_size, out, error, FALSE);
++}
++
++
++gboolean
++qmi_message_tlv_read_asciistring (QmiMessage  *self,
++                             gsize        tlv_offset,
++                             gsize       *offset,
++                             guint8       n_size_prefix_bytes,
++                             guint16      max_size,
++                             gchar      **out,
++                             GError     **error)
++{
++    return qmi_message_tlv_read_string_worker (self, tlv_offset, offset,
++               n_size_prefix_bytes, max_size, out, error, TRUE);
++}
++
++
++gboolean
+ qmi_message_tlv_read_fixed_size_string (QmiMessage  *self,
+                                         gsize        tlv_offset,
+                                         gsize       *offset,
+Index: libqmi-1.24.8/src/libqmi-glib/qmi-message.h
+===================================================================
+--- libqmi-1.24.8.orig/src/libqmi-glib/qmi-message.h
++++ libqmi-1.24.8/src/libqmi-glib/qmi-message.h
+@@ -933,6 +933,14 @@ gboolean qmi_message_tlv_read_string (Qm
+                                       gchar      **out,
+                                       GError     **error);
+ 
++gboolean qmi_message_tlv_read_asciistring (QmiMessage  *self,
++                                      gsize        tlv_offset,
++                                      gsize       *offset,
++                                      guint8       n_size_prefix_bytes,
++                                      guint16      max_size,
++                                      gchar      **out,
++                                      GError     **error);
++
+ /**
+  * qmi_message_tlv_read_fixed_size_string:
+  * @self: a #QmiMessage.
+Index: libqmi-1.24.8/data/qmi-service-loc.json
+===================================================================
+--- libqmi-1.24.8.orig/data/qmi-service-loc.json
++++ libqmi-1.24.8/data/qmi-service-loc.json
+@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@
+                      "id"     : "0x01",
+                      "type"   : "TLV",
+                      "since"  : "1.22",
++                     "force-ascii"     : "1",
+                      "format" : "string" } ] },
+ 
+   // *********************************************************************************