diff --git a/source-highlight-gcc43.patch b/source-highlight-gcc43.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e08e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source-highlight-gcc43.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -ur source-highlight-2.8/src/lib/fileutil.cc source-highlight-2.8.new/src/lib/fileutil.cc
+--- source-highlight-2.8/src/lib/fileutil.cc    2007-09-09 17:00:12.000000000 +0200
++++ source-highlight-2.8.new/src/lib/fileutil.cc        2008-02-12 10:08:06.000000000 +0100
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <iostream>
+ #include <fstream>
++#include <cstdlib>
+ 
+ #include "fileutil.h"
+ #include "messages.h" // for verbosity
diff --git a/source-highlight.spec b/source-highlight.spec
index 843ae60..58cae4c 100644
--- a/source-highlight.spec
+++ b/source-highlight.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Summary: Produces a document with syntax highlighting
 Name: source-highlight
 Version: 2.8
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Group: Development/Tools
 License: GPLv3+
 Source0: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/src-highlite/source-highlight-2.8.tar.gz
 Source1: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/src-highlite/source-highlight-2.8.tar.gz.sig
+Patch: source-highlight-gcc43.patch
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: bison, flex, boost-devel
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ escape sequences as output format.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch -p1
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ fi
 %{_infodir}/source-highlight.info*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 12 2008 Adrian Reber <adrian@lisas.de> - 2.8-2
+- added gcc43 patch
+
 * Fri Dec 14 2007 Adrian Reber <adrian@lisas.de> - 2.8-1
 - updated to 2.8
 - license changed to GPLv3+