diff --git a/srcpkgs/libfreehand/patches/remove-extra-parens.patch b/srcpkgs/libfreehand/patches/remove-extra-parens.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7099008aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libfreehand/patches/remove-extra-parens.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/lib/FHCollector.cpp	2017-09-16 12:28:50.000000000 +0200
++++ src/lib/FHCollector.cpp	2018-08-09 11:05:32.164697936 +0200
+@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@
+   textObjectProps.insert("svg:width", width);
+   for (int i=0; i<4; ++i) // osnola: let assume that there is no padding
+   {
+-    char const *(padding[])= {"fo:padding-left","fo:padding-right","fo:padding-top","fo:padding-bottom"};
++    char const *padding[] = {"fo:padding-left","fo:padding-right","fo:padding-top","fo:padding-bottom"};
+     textObjectProps.insert(padding[i],0,librevenge::RVNG_POINT);
+   }
+   if (!FH_ALMOST_ZERO(rotation))