diff --git a/srcpkgs/ne/patches/install.patch b/srcpkgs/ne/patches/install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..708708cbb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ne/patches/install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- makefile.orig	2015-06-20 10:33:26.556114192 +0200
++++ makefile	2015-06-20 10:33:30.812160676 +0200
+@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ cygwin:
+ 	tar zcvf ne-cygwin-$(VERSION)-$(shell uname -m).tar.gz /usr/share/ne /usr/bin/ne.exe /usr/share/doc/ne /usr/share/info/ne.info.gz /usr/share/man/man1/ne.1
+ 
+ install:
+-	( cd src; make clean; make NE_GLOBAL_DIR=$(PREFIX)/share/ne )
+ 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+ 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ne/syntax
+ 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ne/macros
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ne/template b/srcpkgs/ne/template
index bc68ae988d..62ff61ba3e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ne/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ne/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ distfiles="http://ne.di.unimi.it/ne-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=bb6ff66abad6ce7017ca0a511f11718464c6bbf72ee8dbbcbd1f5d15838c4a82
 
 do_build() {
-	make OPTS="$CFLAGS -std=c99" CC=$CC ${makejobs}
+	make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE" CC=$CC ${makejobs}
 }
 do_install() {
 	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install