diff --git a/dicts-gcc15.patch b/dicts-gcc15.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0559e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dicts-gcc15.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- fix8bit.c.orig	2025-03-07 12:17:09.466931076 +0000
++++ fix8bit.c	2025-03-07 12:17:58.066416164 +0000
+@@ -77,14 +77,12 @@ static char Rcs_Id[] =
+ 
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ 
+-int		main ();	/* Convert to/from 8-bit sequences */
+ static void	usage ();	/* Issue a usage message */
+ static void	to7bit ();	/* Convert from 8-bit sequences */
+ static void	to8bit ();	/* Convert to 8-bit sequences */
+ 
+-extern void	exit ();	/* Terminate program */
+-
+ int main (argc, argv)		/* Convert to/from 8-bit sequences */
+     int			argc;	/* Argument count */
+     char *		argv[];	/* Argument vector */
+
diff --git a/dicts.changes b/dicts.changes
index 511df33..3cc1fe5 100644
--- a/dicts.changes
+++ b/dicts.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  7 12:35:20 UTC 2025 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- build with gcc15
+- added patches
+  + dicts-gcc15.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 26 08:08:01 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/dicts.spec b/dicts.spec
index 69ad78a..a3adee8 100644
--- a/dicts.spec
+++ b/dicts.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package dicts
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Source19:       finnish.tar.bz2
 Source20:       estonian.tar.bz2
 Source21:       dicts-rpmlintrc
 Patch0:         prepare-dicts.dif
+Patch1:         dicts-gcc15.patch
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
 %description
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ the package dicts.
   make -f Makefile.Linux extract
   rm Makefile.Linux
 %patch -P 0 -p0 -b .pdicts
+%patch -P 1 -p0
 
 # unify the permissions of all files, to make fdupes working again (bnc#784670)
 find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} +