diff -Nru asterisk-1.4.22.org/main/asterisk.c asterisk-1.4.22/main/asterisk.c
--- asterisk-1.4.22.org/main/asterisk.c	2008-07-26 17:31:21.000000000 +0200
+++ asterisk-1.4.22/main/asterisk.c	2008-12-20 22:49:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -2935,7 +2935,38 @@
 #if HAVE_WORKING_FORK
 	if (ast_opt_always_fork || !ast_opt_no_fork) {
 #ifndef HAVE_SBIN_LAUNCHD
+#ifndef __UCLIBC__
 		daemon(1, 0);
+#else
+/*
+   workaround for uClibc-0.9.29 mipsel bug:
+   recursive mutexes do not work if uClibc daemon() function has been called,
+     if parent thread locks a mutex
+     the child thread cannot acquire a lock with the same name
+     (same code works if daemon() is not called)
+   but duplication of uClibc daemon.c code in here does work.
+*/
+	int fd;
+	switch (fork()) {
+		case -1:
+			exit(1);
+		case 0:
+			break;
+		default:
+			_exit(0);
+	}
+	if (setsid() == -1)
+		exit(1);
+	if (fork())
+		_exit(0);
+	if ((fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0)) != -1) {
+		dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
+		dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+		dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
+		if (fd > 2)
+			close(fd);
+	}
+#endif
 		ast_mainpid = getpid();
 		/* Blindly re-write pid file since we are forking */
 		unlink(ast_config_AST_PID);