diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/newgc.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/newgc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db25e305c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/newgc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555467
+
+--- a/main.c.old  2007-05-31 06:49:50.000000000 +0530
++++ b/main.c      2010-02-16 16:16:24.000000000 +0530
+@@ -842,7 +842,9 @@
+     mySignal(SIGPIPE, SigPipe);
+ #endif
+
+-    orig_GC_warn_proc = GC_set_warn_proc(wrap_GC_warn_proc);
++    orig_GC_warn_proc = GC_get_warn_proc();
++    GC_set_warn_proc(wrap_GC_warn_proc);
++
+     err_msg = Strnew();
+     if (load_argc == 0) {
+        /* no URL specified */