diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cppunit/include-cstdlib.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppunit/include-cstdlib.patch
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+diff -rc cppunit-1.10.0/src/cppunit/TypeInfoHelper.cpp cppunit-1.10.0-2/src/cppunit/TypeInfoHelper.cpp
+*** cppunit-1.10.0/src/cppunit/TypeInfoHelper.cpp	2004-02-18 21:45:44.000000000 +0100
+--- cppunit-1.10.0-2/src/cppunit/TypeInfoHelper.cpp	2011-04-13 09:20:57.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 1,5 ****
+--- 1,6 ----
+  #include <cppunit/Portability.h>
+  #include <cppunit/extensions/TypeInfoHelper.h>
++ #include <cstdlib>
+  
+  #if CPPUNIT_HAVE_RTTI
+