diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
index 950fe723dc..0d2afab2f9 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
@@ -794,68 +794,88 @@ class UserResolver(Resolver):
             raise
         os.chdir(olddir)
 
-
-def patch_path(url, fetch, workdir, expand=True):
-    """Return the local path of a patch, or return nothing if this isn't a patch"""
-
-    local = fetch.localpath(url)
-    if os.path.isdir(local):
-        return
+def is_patch(local, workdir, apply_all, expand):
     base, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(local))
     if ext in ('.gz', '.bz2', '.xz', '.Z'):
         if expand:
             local = os.path.join(workdir, base)
         ext = os.path.splitext(base)[1]
 
-    urldata = fetch.ud[url]
+    if ext in (".diff", ".patch") or apply_all:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+def patch_path(local, urldata, fetch, workdir, expand=True):
+    """Return a list of local paths of patches or return an empty list if there are no patches"""
+    patches = []
+
+    apply_all = False
     if "apply" in urldata.parm:
         apply = oe.types.boolean(urldata.parm["apply"])
         if not apply:
-            return
-    elif ext not in (".diff", ".patch"):
-        return
+            return patches
+        else:
+            apply_all = True
+
+    if os.path.isdir(local) and apply_all:
+        for f in sorted(os.listdir(local)):
+            sublocal = local + '/' + f
+            # Also search in subdirs
+            if os.path.isdir(sublocal):
+                patches = patches + patch_path(sublocal, urldata, fetch, workdir, expand)
+            else:
+                if is_patch(sublocal, workdir, apply_all, expand):
+                    patches.append(sublocal)
+    else:
+        if is_patch(local, workdir, apply_all, expand):
+            patches.append(local)
 
-    return local
+    return patches
 
 def src_patches(d, all=False, expand=True):
+    """Return a list of local paths from SRC_URI. With all=False all patches targeting do_patch, with all=True all other local paths"""
     workdir = d.getVar('WORKDIR')
     fetch = bb.fetch2.Fetch([], d)
     patches = []
     sources = []
-    for url in fetch.urls:
-        local = patch_path(url, fetch, workdir, expand)
-        if not local:
-            if all:
-                local = fetch.localpath(url)
-                sources.append(local)
-            continue
 
+    for url in fetch.urls:
+        local = fetch.localpath(url)
         urldata = fetch.ud[url]
-        parm = urldata.parm
-        patchname = parm.get('pname') or os.path.basename(local)
+        locals = []
+        locals = locals + patch_path(local, urldata, fetch, workdir, expand)
 
-        apply, reason = should_apply(parm, d)
-        if not apply:
-            if reason:
-                bb.note("Patch %s %s" % (patchname, reason))
+        if not locals:
+            if all:
+                sources.append(local)
             continue
-
-        patchparm = {'patchname': patchname}
-        if "striplevel" in parm:
-            striplevel = parm["striplevel"]
-        elif "pnum" in parm:
-            #bb.msg.warn(None, "Deprecated usage of 'pnum' url parameter in '%s', please use 'striplevel'" % url)
-            striplevel = parm["pnum"]
         else:
-            striplevel = '1'
-        patchparm['striplevel'] = striplevel
+            for patch in locals:
+                parm = urldata.parm
+                patchname = parm.get('pname') or os.path.basename(patch)
+
+                apply, reason = should_apply(parm, d)
+                if not apply:
+                    if reason:
+                        bb.note("Patch %s %s" % (patchname, reason))
+                    continue
+
+                patchparm = {'patchname': patchname}
+                if "striplevel" in parm:
+                    striplevel = parm["striplevel"]
+                elif "pnum" in parm:
+                    #bb.warn("Deprecated usage of 'pnum' url parameter in '%s', please use 'striplevel'" % url)
+                    striplevel = parm["pnum"]
+                else:
+                    striplevel = '1'
+                patchparm['striplevel'] = striplevel
 
-        patchdir = parm.get('patchdir')
-        if patchdir:
-            patchparm['patchdir'] = patchdir
+                patchdir = parm.get('patchdir')
+                if patchdir:
+                    patchparm['patchdir'] = patchdir
 
-        localurl = bb.fetch.encodeurl(('file', '', local, '', '', patchparm))
-        patches.append(localurl)
+                localurl = bb.fetch.encodeurl(('file', '', patch, '', '', patchparm))
+                patches.append(localurl)
 
     if all:
         return sources