diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/gcc46.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/gcc46.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a301e078d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/gcc46.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/build/OOO320_m19/cppu/inc/uno/lbnames.h
++++ b/build/OOO320_m19/cppu/inc/uno/lbnames.h
+@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ provoking error here, because PP ignores #error
+ #error "Tested gcc 2 versions are 2.91 and 2.95.  Patch uno/lbnames.h to try your gcc 2 version."
+ #elif (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 4)
+ #define __CPPU_ENV gcc3
+-#elif (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 5)
++#elif (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 6)
+ #define __CPPU_ENV gcc3
+ #elif (__GNUC__ == 3)
+ #error "Tested gcc 3 version is <= 3.4.  Patch uno/lbnames.h to try your gcc 3 version."
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/go-oo.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/go-oo.nix
index 59cd517b55c..c0eaf0deb9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/go-oo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/go-oo.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pushd build/${tag}
 
     patch -p1 < ${./xlib.patch}
+    patch -p3 < ${./gcc46.patch}
 
     # Fix svtools: hardcoded jpeg path
     sed -i -e 's,^JPEG3RDLIB=.*,JPEG3RDLIB=${libjpeg}/lib/libjpeg.so,' solenv/inc/libs.mk