diff --git a/multimedia/mjpegtools/gcc44.patch b/multimedia/mjpegtools/gcc44.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..934db46ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/mjpegtools/gcc44.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../mjpegtools/gcc44.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2010 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 ---
+
+Fix to compile with gcc/g++ >= 4.4
+
+--- mjpegtools-1.9.0/mplex/lpcmstrm_in.cpp.orig	2010-08-24 11:59:22.664253099 +0200
++++ mjpegtools-1.9.0/mplex/lpcmstrm_in.cpp	2010-08-24 12:00:38.764252885 +0200
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
+ 
+ bool LPCMStream::Probe(IBitStream &bs )
+ {
+-    char *last_dot = strrchr( bs.StreamName(), '.' );
++    const char *last_dot = strrchr( bs.StreamName(), '.' );
+     return 
+         last_dot != NULL 
+         && strcmp( last_dot+1, "lpcm") == 0;