diff --git a/srcpkgs/icecat/patches/fix-gcc6-cpluplus_scope.patch b/srcpkgs/icecat/patches/fix-gcc6-cpluplus_scope.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f472be6e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/icecat/patches/fix-gcc6-cpluplus_scope.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Add patch to to correct the source to be compatible with gcc6 by
+preventing c++ scope errors.
+
+--- nsprpub/config/make-system-wrappers.pl	2016-05-12 19:10:05.000000000 +0200
++++ nsprpub/config/make-system-wrappers.pl	2016-09-17 15:03:53.901400739 +0200
+@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
+     open OUT, ">$output_dir/$_";
+     print OUT "#pragma GCC system_header\n";  # suppress include_next warning
+     print OUT "#pragma GCC visibility push(default)\n";
++    print OUT "#define _GLIBCXX_INCLUDE_NEXT_C_HEADERS\n";
+     print OUT "#include_next \<$_\>\n";
++    print OUT "#undef _GLIBCXX_INCLUDE_NEXT_C_HEADERS\n";
+     print OUT "#pragma GCC visibility pop\n";
+     close OUT;
+ }