diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.13.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.13.2.bb
index e750c78c46..4fd048efa6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.13.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.13.2.bb
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ do_install() {
 	install -D -m 0755  ${S}/ninja ${D}${bindir}/ninja
 }
 
+# Enable large file support to avoid EOVERFLOW when stat() is called on files
+# with large inode numbers (e.g. on overlay filesystems). This is critical when
+# building nativesdk for a 32-bit SDKMACHINE (e.g. i686).
+CXXFLAGS:append:class-nativesdk = " -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
 CVE_STATUS[CVE-2021-4336] = "cpe-incorrect: This is a different Ninja"