diff --git a/0008-add-extern.patch b/0008-add-extern.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53f4ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0008-add-extern.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 95f666fa10c32233ee202d8b99d05b5e13528a25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vaclav Dolezal <vdolezal@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:26:32 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] hpmfwupg: move variable definition to .c file
+
+Signed-off-by: Vaclav Dolezal <vdolezal@redhat.com>
+---
+ include/ipmitool/ipmi_hpmfwupg.h | 2 +-
+ lib/ipmi_hpmfwupg.c              | 2 ++
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/ipmitool/ipmi_hpmfwupg.h b/include/ipmitool/ipmi_hpmfwupg.h
+index de65292..07f597b 100644
+--- a/include/ipmitool/ipmi_hpmfwupg.h
++++ b/include/ipmitool/ipmi_hpmfwupg.h
+@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ typedef struct _VERSIONINFO {
+ 	char descString[HPMFWUPG_DESC_STRING_LENGTH + 1];
+ }VERSIONINFO, *PVERSIONINFO;
+ 
+-VERSIONINFO gVersionInfo[HPMFWUPG_COMPONENT_ID_MAX];
++extern VERSIONINFO gVersionInfo[HPMFWUPG_COMPONENT_ID_MAX];
+ 
+ #define TARGET_VER (0x01)
+ #define ROLLBACK_VER (0x02)
+diff --git a/lib/ipmi_hpmfwupg.c b/lib/ipmi_hpmfwupg.c
+index bbcffc0..d7cdcd6 100644
+--- a/lib/ipmi_hpmfwupg.c
++++ b/lib/ipmi_hpmfwupg.c
+@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ ipmi_intf_get_max_request_data_size(struct ipmi_intf * intf);
+ 
+ extern int verbose;
+ 
++VERSIONINFO gVersionInfo[HPMFWUPG_COMPONENT_ID_MAX];
++
+ int HpmfwupgUpgrade(struct ipmi_intf *intf, char *imageFilename,
+ 		int activate, int, int);
+ int HpmfwupgValidateImageIntegrity(struct HpmfwupgUpgradeCtx *pFwupgCtx);
+-- 
+2.20.1
+