diff --git a/srcpkgs/gkrellm/patches/fix_getline_glibc_conflict.diff b/srcpkgs/gkrellm/patches/fix_getline_glibc_conflict.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fda0f52c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gkrellm/patches/fix_getline_glibc_conflict.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- src/client.c.orig	2009-11-24 05:12:11.957336471 +0000
++++ src/client.c	2009-11-24 05:12:29.289887242 +0000
+@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ KeyTable	update_table[] =
+ 
+ 
+ static gint
+-getline(gint fd, gchar *buf, gint len)
++get_line(gint fd, gchar *buf, gint len)
+ 	{
+ 	fd_set			read_fds;
+ 	struct timeval	tv;
+@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ read_server_setup(gint fd)
+ 
+ 	while (1)
+ 		{
+-		rs=getline(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
++		rs=get_line(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+         if(rs<0)
+             return FALSE;
+ 		if (!strcmp(buf, "</gkrellmd_setup>"))
+@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ read_server_setup(gint fd)
+ 	table_size = sizeof(update_table) / sizeof(KeyTable);
+ 	while (1)
+ 		{
+-		rs=getline(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
++		rs=get_line(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+         if(rs<0)
+             return FALSE;
+ 		if (!strcmp(buf, "</initial_update>"))