diff --git a/xapian-core-1.0.4_gcc43.patch b/xapian-core-1.0.4_gcc43.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1166f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xapian-core-1.0.4_gcc43.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+Index: api/maptermlist.h
+===================================================================
+--- api/maptermlist.h.orig
++++ api/maptermlist.h
+@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "omassert.h"
+ 
++#include <cstdlib>
++
+ using namespace std;
+ 
+ class MapTermList : public TermList {
+Index: common/vectortermlist.h
+===================================================================
+--- common/vectortermlist.h.orig
++++ common/vectortermlist.h
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <list>
+ #include <vector>
++#include <cstdlib>
+ 
+ using namespace std;
+ 
+Index: backends/alltermslist.cc
+===================================================================
+--- backends/alltermslist.cc.orig
++++ backends/alltermslist.cc
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ #include "omassert.h"
+ 
+ #include <string>
++#include <cstdlib>
+ 
+ using namespace std;
+ 
+Index: bin/xapian-progsrv.cc
+===================================================================
+--- bin/xapian-progsrv.cc.orig
++++ bin/xapian-progsrv.cc
+@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <iostream>
+ #include <string>
++#include <cstdlib>
+ 
+ using namespace std;
+ 
diff --git a/xapian-core.changes b/xapian-core.changes
index 787a038..63bad19 100644
--- a/xapian-core.changes
+++ b/xapian-core.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 19 23:41:33 CET 2007 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- added xapian-core-1.0.4_gcc43.patch:
+  add missing includes for gcc 4.3
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 19 22:00:09 CET 2007 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/xapian-core.spec b/xapian-core.spec
index 20d50f3..51b7de8 100644
--- a/xapian-core.spec
+++ b/xapian-core.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}-libs = %{version}
 #
 Url:            http://www.xapian.org/
 Source:         http://www.oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch:          xapian-core-1.0.4_gcc43.patch
 #
 Summary:        The Xapian Probabilistic Information Retrieval Library.
 %description
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ files needed for building packages which use Xapian.
 %debug_package
 %prep
 %setup
+%patch
 
 %build
 %configure --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}/