diff --git a/dev-libs/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.7.patch b/dev-libs/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39d7b3fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur libgpg-error-1.7-orig/src/mkerrcodes2.awk libgpg-error-1.7/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
+--- libgpg-error-1.7-orig/src/mkerrcodes2.awk	2009-03-08 16:04:38.000000000 +0000
++++ libgpg-error-1.7/src/mkerrcodes2.awk	2009-03-08 15:50:42.000000000 +0000
+@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
+ /^#/ { next; }
+ 
+ header {
+-  if ($1 ~ /^[0123456789]+$/)
++  if ($1 ~ /^-?[0123456789]+$/)
+     {
+       print "static const int err_code_from_index[] = {";
+       header = 0;