diff --git a/check-0.9.6-strdup.patch b/check-0.9.6-strdup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf93de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-0.9.6-strdup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -dur check-0.9.6.ORIG/src/Makefile.am check-0.9.6/src/Makefile.am
+--- check-0.9.6.ORIG/src/Makefile.am	2008-12-29 06:48:45.000000000 -0700
++++ check-0.9.6/src/Makefile.am	2009-04-07 08:51:13.000000000 -0600
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST		= check.h.in
+ 
+-AM_CFLAGS		= @GCOV_CFLAGS@ -ansi -pedantic 
++AM_CFLAGS		= @GCOV_CFLAGS@ -pedantic 
+ 
+ 
+ CFILES =\
+diff -dur check-0.9.6.ORIG/src/Makefile.in check-0.9.6/src/Makefile.in
+--- check-0.9.6.ORIG/src/Makefile.in	2008-12-29 07:07:01.000000000 -0700
++++ check-0.9.6/src/Makefile.in	2009-04-07 08:51:22.000000000 -0600
+@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
+ noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libcheckinternal.la
+ include_HEADERS = check.h
+ EXTRA_DIST = check.h.in
+-AM_CFLAGS = @GCOV_CFLAGS@ -ansi -pedantic 
++AM_CFLAGS = @GCOV_CFLAGS@ -pedantic 
+ CFILES = \
+ 	check.c		\
+ 	check_error.c	\
diff --git a/check.spec b/check.spec
index b2191e7..0c350e4 100644
--- a/check.spec
+++ b/check.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 Name:           check
 Version:        0.9.6
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        A unit test framework for C
 Source0:        http://download.sourceforge.net/check/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# This patch fixes debian bug 519597: use of -ansi conflicts with strdup()
+# usage.  Debian sent this patch upstream already.
+Patch0:         check-0.9.6-strdup.patch
 Group:          Development/Tools
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://check.sourceforge.net/
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ Static libraries of check.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -fPIC"
@@ -82,6 +86,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/libcheck.a
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr  7 2009 Jerry James <loganjerry@gmail.com> - 0.9.6-3
+- Add check-0.9.6-strdup.patch
+
 * Mon Feb 23 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.6-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild