diff --git a/filesystem/fam/fam-2.7.0-gcc41.patch b/filesystem/fam/fam-2.7.0-gcc41.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d0d87d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filesystem/fam/fam-2.7.0-gcc41.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../fam/fam-2.7.0-gcc41.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+Fix to build with gcc >= 4.1
+
+diff -ruN fam-2.7.0-dnotify/src/DNotify.h fam-2.7.0-dnotify-gcc41/src/DNotify.h
+--- fam-2.7.0-dnotify/src/DNotify.h	2010-08-29 13:09:03.000000000 +0200
++++ fam-2.7.0-dnotify-gcc41/src/DNotify.h	2010-08-29 14:00:44.000000000 +0200
+@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
+     static int pipe_write_fd;
+     static int pipe_read_fd;
+     static int change_queue[QUEUESIZE];
+-    static volatile sig_atomic_t DNotify::queue_overflowed;
+-    static volatile sig_atomic_t DNotify::queue_changed;
++    static volatile sig_atomic_t queue_overflowed;
++    static volatile sig_atomic_t queue_changed;
+     static volatile int queue_head; // Only modified by read handler
+     static volatile int queue_tail; // Only modified by signal handler
+     static EventHandler ehandler;