diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwpd/0.8.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwpd/0.8.nix
index 504bddb777a7..ceaa0d36d4b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwpd/0.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwpd/0.8.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1syli6i5ma10cwzpa61a18pyjmianjwsf6pvmvzsh5md6yk4yx01";
   };
   
+  patches = [ ./gcc-0.8.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = [ glib libgsf libxml2 ];
 
   buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig bzip2 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwpd/gcc-0.8.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwpd/gcc-0.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05eb3293ed7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwpd/gcc-0.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/lib/WPXTable.h b/src/lib/WPXTable.h
+index 6d1e921..0234ad7 100644
+--- a/src/lib/WPXTable.h
++++ b/src/lib/WPXTable.h
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public:
+ 	WPXTableList & operator=(const WPXTableList & tableList);
+ 	virtual ~WPXTableList();
+ 
+-	WPXTable * operator[](size_t i) { return (*m_tableList)[i]; }
++	WPXTable * operator[](std::size_t i) { return (*m_tableList)[i]; }
+ 	void add(WPXTable *table) { m_tableList->push_back(table); }
+ 
+ private: