diff --git a/vtk-5.0.4-gcc43.patch b/vtk-5.0.4-gcc43.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdc9633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtk-5.0.4-gcc43.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- VTK-5.0.4/Utilities/DICOMParser/DICOMAppHelper.cxx.gcc43	2007-05-03 11:12:13.000000000 -0600
++++ VTK-5.0.4/Utilities/DICOMParser/DICOMAppHelper.cxx	2008-04-11 13:52:05.000000000 -0600
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+-#include <string>
++#include <cstring>
+ #include <math.h>
+ #include <algorithm>
+ #if defined(__BORLANDC__)
+--- VTK-5.0.4/Utilities/DICOMParser/DICOMFile.cxx.gcc43	2007-11-07 13:51:57.000000000 -0700
++++ VTK-5.0.4/Utilities/DICOMParser/DICOMFile.cxx	2008-02-18 10:31:08.000000000 -0700
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ #include "DICOMFile.h"
+ 
+ #include <stdio.h>
+-#include <string>
++#include <cstring>
+ 
+ DICOMFile::DICOMFile() : InputStream()
+ {
+--- VTK-5.0.4/Utilities/DICOMParser/DICOMParser.cxx.gcc43	2007-11-07 13:51:57.000000000 -0700
++++ VTK-5.0.4/Utilities/DICOMParser/DICOMParser.cxx	2008-02-18 10:33:07.000000000 -0700
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+-#include <string>
++#include <cstring>
+ 
+ // Define DEBUG_DICOM to get debug messages sent to dicom_stream::cerr
+ // #define DEBUG_DICOM
diff --git a/vtk.spec b/vtk.spec
index 03116cc..884741c 100644
--- a/vtk.spec
+++ b/vtk.spec
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 Summary: The Visualization Toolkit - A high level 3D visualization library
 Name: vtk
 Version: 5.0.4
-Release: 20%{?dist}
+Release: 21%{?dist}
 License: BSD-like
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 Source: http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.0/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0: vtk-5.0.0-pythondestdir.patch
+Patch1: vtk-5.0.4-gcc43.patch
 URL: http://vtk.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires: cmake >= 2.0.4
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ programming languages.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n VTK
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 # Replace relative path ../../../VTKData with %{_datadir}/vtkdata-%{version}
 # otherwise it will break on symlinks.
@@ -367,6 +369,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/vtk-examples-5.0
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 12 2008 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net> - 5.0.4-21
+- Fixes for gcc 4.3 by Orion Poplawski.
+
 * Sat Apr  5 2008 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net> - 5.0.4-20
 - Change BR to qt-devel to qt3-devel.