diff --git a/libexif-0.6.12-gcc4.patch b/libexif-0.6.12-gcc4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dfec4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexif-0.6.12-gcc4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libexif-0.6.12/libexif/exif-utils.c.gcc4	2005-03-28 16:40:50.000000000 -0500
++++ libexif-0.6.12/libexif/exif-utils.c	2005-03-28 16:41:09.000000000 -0500
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
+ 	}
+ }
+ 
+-static ExifSShort
++ExifSShort
+ exif_get_sshort (const unsigned char *buf, ExifByteOrder order)
+ {
+ 	if (!buf) return 0;
diff --git a/libexif.spec b/libexif.spec
index d48b1d0..e9e0789 100644
--- a/libexif.spec
+++ b/libexif.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ URL: http://libexif.sourceforge.net/
 Source0: http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libexif/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 
+Patch0: libexif-0.6.12-gcc4.patch
+
 %description
 Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with
 extra tags that contain information about the image. The EXIF library
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ for writing programs that use libexif.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch -p1 -b .gcc4
 
 %build
 %configure