diff --git a/base/gpm/legacy_sus.patch b/base/gpm/legacy_sus.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c24a82df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/gpm/legacy_sus.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../gpm/legacy_sus.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 ---
+
+usleep() was deprecated by SUSv3 and newer LIBCs are starting to enforce that
+deprecation.
+
+--- ./src/mice.c.orig	2010-09-20 12:32:15.000000000 -0400
++++ ./src/mice.c	2010-09-20 12:30:45.000000000 -0400
+@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
+ #include "headers/synaptics.h"
+ #include "headers/message.h"
+ 
++#define usleep(usec)   x_usleep(usec)
++static inline int x_usleep(useconds_t usec)
++{
++       struct timespec t = { usec/1000000, (usec%1000000)*1000L };
++       return nanosleep(&t, NULL);
++}
+ 
+ /*========================================================================*/
+ /* Parsing argv: helper dats struct function (should they get elsewhere?) */
+--- ./src/synaptics.c.orig	2010-09-20 12:38:35.000000000 -0400
++++ ./src/synaptics.c	2010-09-20 12:40:16.000000000 -0400
+@@ -2239,6 +2239,12 @@
+ ****************************************************************************/
+ 
+ 
++#define usleep(usec)   x_usleep(usec)
++static inline int x_usleep(useconds_t usec)
++{
++	struct timespec t = { usec/1000000, (usec%1000000)*1000L };
++	return nanosleep(&t, NULL);
++}
+ 
+ 
+ static unsigned char tp_hextoint (unsigned char byte1,
+--- ./src/prog/mouse-test.c.orig	2010-09-20 13:34:22.000000000 -0400
++++ ./src/prog/mouse-test.c	2010-09-20 13:35:31.000000000 -0400
+@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@
+ 
+ #define GOTOXY(f,x,y)   fprintf(f,"\x1B[%03i;%03iH",y,x)
+ 
++#define usleep(usec)   x_usleep(usec)
++static inline int x_usleep(useconds_t usec)
++{
++	struct timespec t = { usec/1000000, (usec%1000000)*1000L };
++	return nanosleep(&t, NULL);
++}
++
+ /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
+    Place the description here.
+  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/