diff --git a/shells/mc/slang.patch b/shells/mc/slang.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab9276fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shells/mc/slang.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../mc/slang.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+sed -i -e 's,_SLsys_\(input_pending\|getkey\),SLang_\1,g' ./src/slint.c
+--- ./src/slint.c.orig	2008-08-19 17:16:48.000000000 -0400
++++ ./src/slint.c	2008-08-19 17:42:32.000000000 -0400
+@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
+ extern unsigned int SLang_Input_Buffer_Len;
+ extern unsigned char SLang_Input_Buffer [];
+ #if SLANG_VERSION >= 10000
+-extern unsigned int _SLsys_getkey (void);
+-extern int _SLsys_input_pending (int);
++extern unsigned int SLang_getkey (void);
++extern int SLang_input_pending (int);
+ #else
+ extern unsigned int SLsys_getkey (void);
+ extern int SLsys_input_pending (int);
+@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
+ 	return(ch);
+      }
+ #if SLANG_VERSION >= 10000
+-   else return(_SLsys_getkey ());
++   else return(SLang_getkey ());
+ #else
+    else return(SLsys_getkey());
+ #endif
+@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
+    unsigned char c;
+    if (SLang_Input_Buffer_Len) return (int) SLang_Input_Buffer_Len;
+ #if SLANG_VERSION >= 10000  
+-   n = _SLsys_input_pending (tsecs);
++   n = SLang_input_pending (tsecs);
+ #else
+    n = SLsys_input_pending (tsecs);
+ #endif