diff --git a/patches/gdb/6.8/150-handle-stpcpy-define.patch b/patches/gdb/6.8/150-handle-stpcpy-define.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88d703ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/gdb/6.8/150-handle-stpcpy-define.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ru gdb-6.8.orig/bfd/sysdep.h gdb-6.8/bfd/sysdep.h
+--- gdb-6.8.orig/bfd/sysdep.h	2007-07-03 16:26:42.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8/bfd/sysdep.h	2011-08-21 13:33:47.000000000 +0200
+@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
+ extern PTR realloc ();
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if !HAVE_DECL_STPCPY
++#if !HAVE_DECL_STPCPY && !defined(stpcpy)
+ extern char *stpcpy (char *__dest, const char *__src);
+ #endif
+