diff --git a/e17/ecore/hotfix.patch b/e17/ecore/hotfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0efc92301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e17/ecore/hotfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../ecore/hotfix.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 ---
+
+--- ./src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_x.c.orig	2010-10-06 15:30:48.000000000 -0400
++++ ./src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_x.c	2010-10-06 15:35:33.000000000 -0400
+@@ -4468,7 +4468,6 @@
+ #else
+    return;
+    ee = NULL;
+-   win = 0;
+ #endif   
+ }
+