diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/patches/gcc46.patch b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/patches/gcc46.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4b3d38370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/patches/gcc46.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- configure.orig	2011-04-21 03:29:30.000000000 -0700
++++ configure		2011-04-21 11:42:57.517216676 -0700
+@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@
+       elif [ $cc_maj -lt 3 \
+              -o \( $cc_maj -eq 3 -a $cc_min -lt 2 \) \
+              -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -lt 1 -a "$OS" != "darwin" \) \
+-             -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -gt 5 \) \
++             -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -gt 6 \) \
+              -o $cc_maj -gt 4 ]; then
+-        log_failure "gcc version $cc_ver found, expected gcc 3.x with x>1 or gcc 4.x with 0<x<5"
++        log_failure "gcc version $cc_ver found, expected gcc 3.x with x>1 or gcc 4.x with 0<x<=6"
+         fail really
+       else
+         log_success "found version $cc_ver"