diff --git a/network/lftp/lftp-4.4.0-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch b/network/lftp/lftp-4.4.0-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9562d69bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/lftp/lftp-4.4.0-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../lftp/lftp-4.4.0-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2012 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 ---
+
+From 6c925916dce3505dab1385e14dbed2d7b9f727e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christian Wiese <chris@opensde.org>
+Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:47:52 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fixed to build with glibc >= 2.16 where 'gets' is not defined in the gnulib anymore
+
+---
+ lib/stdio.in.h |    2 ++
+ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/stdio.in.h b/lib/stdio.in.h
+index b1b543d..2d62f24 100644
+--- a/lib/stdio.in.h
++++ b/lib/stdio.in.h
+@@ -702,10 +702,12 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (getline, "getline is unportable - "
+ /* It is very rare that the developer ever has full control of stdin,
+    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning; besides, C11
+    removed it.  */
++#if defined gets
+ #undef gets
+ #if HAVE_RAW_DECL_GETS
+ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
+ #endif
++#endif // if defined gets
+ 
+ 
+ #if @GNULIB_OBSTACK_PRINTF@ || @GNULIB_OBSTACK_PRINTF_POSIX@
+-- 
+1.7.2.3
+