diff --git a/m4-stdio.in.patch b/m4-stdio.in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebd2e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4-stdio.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: m4-1.4.16/lib/stdio.in.h
+===================================================================
+--- m4-1.4.16.orig/lib/stdio.in.h
++++ m4-1.4.16/lib/stdio.in.h
+@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (fflush, "fflush is not
+    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
+    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
+ #undef gets
++#if HAVE_RAW_DECL_GETS
+ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
++#endif
+ 
+ #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
+ # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
diff --git a/m4.changes b/m4.changes
index f188933..63fe264 100644
--- a/m4.changes
+++ b/m4.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 17 19:07:25 UTC 2012 - aj@suse.de
+
+- Fix build with missing gets declaration (glibc 2.16)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 30 21:00:37 UTC 2012 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/m4.spec b/m4.spec
index a495916..8ab18af 100644
--- a/m4.spec
+++ b/m4.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Languages/Other
 Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
 Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/m4/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch1:         m4-stdio.in.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ GNU m4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure \