diff --git a/elinks-0.11.4-gcc43NI_MAXHOST.patch b/elinks-0.11.4-gcc43NI_MAXHOST.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dcd4b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elinks-0.11.4-gcc43NI_MAXHOST.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -urp elinks-0.11.4rc0.orig/src/protocol/uri.h elinks-0.11.4rc0/src/protocol/uri.h
+--- elinks-0.11.4rc0.orig/src/protocol/uri.h	2008-02-05 00:44:16.000000000 +0100
++++ elinks-0.11.4rc0/src/protocol/uri.h	2008-02-06 16:27:14.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+ #ifndef EL__PROTOCOL_URI_H
+ #define EL__PROTOCOL_URI_H
+ 
++/* because of build error with gcc4.3 */
++#ifndef NI_MAXHOST
++#define NI_MAXHOST 1025
++#endif
++
+ #include "main/object.h"
+ 
+ struct string;
diff --git a/elinks.spec b/elinks.spec
index 2e17421..c0990a9 100644
--- a/elinks.spec
+++ b/elinks.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Patch5: elinks-0.10.1-xterm.patch
 Patch6: elinks-0.11.0-union.patch
 Patch7: elinks-0.11.1-negotiate.patch
 Patch8: elinks-0.11.3-macropen.patch
+Patch9: elinks-0.11.4-gcc43NI_MAXHOST.patch
 
 %description
 Links is a text-based Web browser. Links does not display any images,
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ quickly and swiftly displays Web pages.
 %patch7 -p1
 # fix for open macro in new glibc 
 %patch8 -p1
+# fix for gcc4.3 build
+%patch9 -p1
 
 %build
 ./autogen.sh