diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 1275147e47d..4222c04f9e8 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-boot-2.20.1a.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-mingw-w64-deterministic.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/binutils-2.41-fix-cross.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/bloomberg-bde-cmake-module-path.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/bloomberg-bde-tools-fix-install-path.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/boolector-find-googletest.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 8eab629c4bf..56762dbd33a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -683,15 +683,17 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.41")
+   (version "2.44")
    (source
     (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                           version ".tar.bz2"))
       (sha256
-       (base32 "02xkm9xgcrqhln742636nm43yzrpjkhqj0z64h03gf7pab0bxi54"))
-      (patches (search-patches "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
+       (base32 "0fnwaasfglbphqzvz5n25js9gl695p7pjbmb1z81g8gsc6k90qzn"))
+      (patches (search-patches
+                "binutils-2.41-fix-cross.patch"
+                "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments
     (list #:out-of-source? #t ;recommended in the README
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-2.41-fix-cross.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-2.41-fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40a19e091dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-2.41-fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From b499f0c797779a6d7ff01445aebd2fcc47aac357 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie@iscas.ac.cn>
+Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:04:55 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] gprofng: Fix cross-compilation binary name.
+
+commit d25ba4596e85da6d8af78c88b5917e14763afbe1 create symbolic link
+no care cross-compilation prefix.
+
+gprofng/ChangeLog
+2025-02-10  Zheng Junjie  <zhengjunjie@iscas.ac.cn>
+	* src/Makefile.am: create symbolic link respect cross-compilation.
+	* src/Makefile.in: Rebuild.
+---
+ gprofng/src/Makefile.am | 12 +++++-------
+ gprofng/src/Makefile.in | 12 +++++-------
+ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gprofng/src/Makefile.am b/gprofng/src/Makefile.am
+index a132a9ddb05..0465cdb06e3 100644
+--- a/gprofng/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/gprofng/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -179,10 +179,8 @@ $(srcdir)/DbeSession.cc: QLParser.tab.hh
+ .PHONY: install-exec-local
+ install-exec-local:
+ 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-{archive,collect-app,display-html,display-src,display-text}
+-	ln -s gprofng-archive $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-archive
+-	ln -s gprofng-collect-app $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-collect-app
+-	ln -s gprofng-display-html $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-display-html
+-	ln -s gprofng-display-src $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-display-src
+-	ln -s gprofng-display-text $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-display-text
+-
++	for i in gp-{archive,collect-app,display-html,display-src,display-text}; do \
++		oldname=`echo $$i | sed '$(transform)'`; \
++		rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$oldname ; \
++		ln -s `echo $$oldname | sed 's&gp-&gprofng-&'` $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$oldname; \
++	done
+diff --git a/gprofng/src/Makefile.in b/gprofng/src/Makefile.in
+index d0dec12e244..d6f1f9438b6 100644
+--- a/gprofng/src/Makefile.in
++++ b/gprofng/src/Makefile.in
+@@ -1119,13 +1119,11 @@ $(srcdir)/DbeSession.cc: QLParser.tab.hh
+ .PHONY: install-exec-local
+ install-exec-local:
+ 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-{archive,collect-app,display-html,display-src,display-text}
+-	ln -s gprofng-archive $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-archive
+-	ln -s gprofng-collect-app $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-collect-app
+-	ln -s gprofng-display-html $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-display-html
+-	ln -s gprofng-display-src $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-display-src
+-	ln -s gprofng-display-text $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gp-display-text
+-
++	for i in gp-{archive,collect-app,display-html,display-src,display-text}; do \
++		oldname=`echo $$i | sed '$(transform)'`; \
++		rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$oldname ; \
++		ln -s `echo $$oldname | sed 's&gp-&gprofng-&'` $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$oldname; \
++	done
+ # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
+ # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
+ .NOEXPORT:
+-- 
+2.47.1
+