diff --git a/mysql-abi-check.patch b/mysql-abi-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5695ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-abi-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Fix "ABI check" that doesn't work on gcc >= 4.5, or indeed any compiler that
+aborts on missing #include's.  Per http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=52514
+
+
+diff -Naur mysql-5.1.48.orig/Makefile.am mysql-5.1.48/Makefile.am
+--- mysql-5.1.48.orig/Makefile.am	2010-06-03 11:50:10.000000000 -0400
++++ mysql-5.1.48/Makefile.am	2010-07-14 10:39:06.274186484 -0400
+@@ -275,10 +275,7 @@
+ #
+ # 1) Generate preprocessor output for the files that need to
+ #    be tested for abi/api changes. use -nostdinc to prevent
+-#    generation of preprocessor output for system headers. This
+-#    results in messages in stderr saying that these headers
+-#    were not found. Redirect the stderr output to /dev/null
+-#    to prevent seeing these messages.
++#    generation of preprocessor output for system headers.
+ # 2) sed the output to 
+ #    2.1) remove blank lines and lines that begin with "# "
+ #    2.2) When gcc -E is run on the Mac OS  and solaris sparc platforms it
+@@ -314,14 +311,14 @@
+ do_abi_check:
+ 	set -ex; \
+ 	for file in $(abi_headers); do \
+-	         @CC@ -E -nostdinc -dI \
++	         @CC@ -E -nostdinc -dI -DMYSQL_ABI_CHECK \
+ 	                  -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
+ 	                  -I$(top_srcdir)/include/mysql \
+ 	                  -I$(top_srcdir)/sql \
+ 	                  -I$(top_builddir)/include \
+ 	                  -I$(top_builddir)/include/mysql \
+ 	                  -I$(top_builddir)/sql \
+-	                                 $$file 2>/dev/null | \
++	                                 $$file | \
+ 	                  @SED@ -e '/^# /d' \
+ 	                            -e '/^[ 	]*$$/d' \
+ 	                            -e '/^#pragma GCC set_debug_pwd/d' \
+diff -Naur mysql-5.1.48.orig/include/mysql.h mysql-5.1.48/include/mysql.h
+--- mysql-5.1.48.orig/include/mysql.h	2010-06-03 11:50:21.000000000 -0400
++++ mysql-5.1.48/include/mysql.h	2010-07-14 10:35:53.489148781 -0400
+@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef _global_h				/* If not standard header */
++#ifndef MYSQL_ABI_CHECK
+ #include <sys/types.h>
++#endif
+ #ifdef __LCC__
+ #include <winsock2.h>				/* For windows */
+ #endif
+diff -Naur mysql-5.1.48.orig/include/mysql.h.pp mysql-5.1.48/include/mysql.h.pp
+--- mysql-5.1.48.orig/include/mysql.h.pp	2010-06-03 11:50:12.000000000 -0400
++++ mysql-5.1.48/include/mysql.h.pp	2010-07-14 10:35:53.491151797 -0400
+@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
+-#include <sys/types.h>
+ typedef char my_bool;
+ typedef int my_socket;
+ #include "mysql_version.h"
diff --git a/mysql.spec b/mysql.spec
index 4e1ad71..5b5bb0d 100644
--- a/mysql.spec
+++ b/mysql.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: mysql
 Version: 5.1.48
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Summary: MySQL client programs and shared libraries
 Group: Applications/Databases
 URL: http://www.mysql.com
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Patch13: mysql-expired-certs.patch
 Patch14: mysql-missing-string-code.patch
 Patch15: mysql-lowercase-bug.patch
 Patch16: mysql-chain-certs.patch
+Patch17: mysql-abi-check.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires: gperf, perl, readline-devel, openssl-devel
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ the MySQL sources.
 %patch14 -p1
 %patch15 -p1
 %patch16 -p1
+%patch17 -p1
 
 libtoolize --force
 aclocal
@@ -574,6 +576,10 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/mysql_client_test.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 14 2010 Tom Lane <tgl@redhat.com> 5.1.48-3
+- Fix FTBFS with gcc 4.5.
+Related: #614293
+
 * Tue Jul 13 2010 Tom Lane <tgl@redhat.com> 5.1.48-2
 - Duplicate COPYING and EXCEPTIONS-CLIENT in -libs and -embedded subpackages,
   to ensure they are available when any subset of mysql RPMs are installed,