diff --git a/po4a.changes b/po4a.changes
index ced804b..ab4ab8e 100644
--- a/po4a.changes
+++ b/po4a.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  2 13:51:42 CEST 2024 - mls@suse.de
+
+- Add a workaround to fix building against perl-5.40.0 which added
+  a warning for accidental usage of UNIVERSAL::import()
+  * new patch: po4a.diff
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun 22 18:28:32 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/po4a.diff b/po4a.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac2416f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po4a.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- lib/Locale/Po4a/TransTractor.pm.orig	2024-07-02 11:29:25.396972130 +0000
++++ lib/Locale/Po4a/TransTractor.pm	2024-07-02 11:29:48.916941692 +0000
+@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ require Exporter;
+ package Locale::Po4a::TransTractor;
+ use DynaLoader;
+ 
++sub import {};
++
+ use 5.16.0;
+ use strict;
+ use warnings;
diff --git a/po4a.spec b/po4a.spec
index 1d5444d..564265b 100644
--- a/po4a.spec
+++ b/po4a.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Group:          Development/Tools/Other
 %endif
 URL:            https://po4a.org/
 Source:         https://github.com/mquinson/po4a/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         po4a.diff
 
 %if "%{_vendor}" == "debbuild"
 BuildRequires:  deb-perl-macros
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ po4a supports currently the following formats:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch -P0
 
 %build
 perl Build.PL installdirs=vendor