diff --git a/srcpkgs/abiword/patches/fix-gcc6-string_literal.patch b/srcpkgs/abiword/patches/fix-gcc6-string_literal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88cad3ecd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/abiword/patches/fix-gcc6-string_literal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+For gcc6 a string literal must be separated from a macro variable
+by at least one space.
+
+--- plugins/latex/xp/ie_exp_LaTeX.cpp	2013-04-07 15:53:03.000000000 +0200
++++ plugins/latex/xp/ie_exp_LaTeX.cpp	2016-09-18 16:09:08.087076449 +0200
+@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@
+ 	m_pie->write(sBuf.c_str(),sBuf.size());
+ }
+ 
+-#define SUB(a,who) case a: subst = "\\(\\"who"\\)"; return true;
++#define SUB(a,who) case a: subst = "\\(\\" who "\\)"; return true;
+ #define SUBd(a,who) case a: subst = who; return true;
+ static bool _convertLettersToSymbols(char c, const char *& subst)
+ {
+--- plugins/xslfo/xp/ie_exp_XSL-FO.cpp	2013-04-07 15:53:03.000000000 +0200
++++ plugins/xslfo/xp/ie_exp_XSL-FO.cpp	2016-09-18 16:13:55.980997056 +0200
+@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@
+ 	{ \
+ 		UT_UTF8String esc = szValue; \
+ 		esc.escapeXML(); \
+-		buf += " "x"=\""; \
++		buf += " " x "=\""; \
+ 		buf += esc.utf8_str(); \
+ 		buf += "\""; \
+ 	}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/abiword/template b/srcpkgs/abiword/template
index aed6453d30..42cb4c7745 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/abiword/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/abiword/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'abiword'
 pkgname=abiword
 version=3.0.1
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-plugins --enable-clipart --enable-templates"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool flex pkg-config"