diff --git a/package/base/modutils/gcc40.patch b/package/base/modutils/gcc40.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46a05725f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/modutils/gcc40.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+GCC 4.0.2 complains about 
+	depmod.c, insmod.c, obj_kallsyms.c: invalid lvalue in assignment
+	genksyms.c: static declaration of error follows non-static declaration,
+		previous declaration in ../include/util.h
+ Stefan Fiedler
+
+diff -dur modutils-2.4.27/depmod/depmod.c src.modutils.1129663106.24148.1818346198/modutils-2.4.27/depmod/depmod.c
+--- modutils-2.4.27/depmod/depmod.c	2003-03-23 03:34:28.000000000 +0100
++++ src.modutils.1129663106.24148.1818346198/modutils-2.4.27/depmod/depmod.c	2005-10-18 21:44:54.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1132,8 +1132,10 @@
+ 			return -1;
+ 
+ 		for (ksym = ksyms; so_far < nksyms; ++so_far, ksym++) {
+-			if (strncmp((char *)ksym->name, "GPLONLY_", 8) == 0)
+-				((char *)ksym->name) += 8;
++			if (strncmp((char *)ksym->name, "GPLONLY_", 8) == 0) {
++				char *charptr = ((char *)ksym->name) + 8;
++				ksym->name = charptr;
++			};
+ 			assert(n_syms < MAX_MAP_SYM);
+ 			symtab[n_syms++] = addsym((char *)ksym->name, mod, SYM_DEFINED, 0);
+ 		}
+diff -dur modutils-2.4.27/genksyms/genksyms.c src.modutils.1129663106.24148.1818346198/modutils-2.4.27/genksyms/genksyms.c
+--- modutils-2.4.27/genksyms/genksyms.c	2002-03-01 01:39:06.000000000 +0100
++++ src.modutils.1129663106.24148.1818346198/modutils-2.4.27/genksyms/genksyms.c	2005-10-18 21:41:47.000000000 +0200
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
+ int flag_debug, flag_dump_defs, flag_warnings;
+ int checksum_version = 1, kernel_version = version(2,0,0);
+ 
+-static int errors;
++int errors;
+ static int nsyms;
+ 
+ static struct symbol *expansion_trail;
+diff -dur modutils-2.4.27/insmod/insmod.c src.modutils.1129663106.24148.1818346198/modutils-2.4.27/insmod/insmod.c
+--- modutils-2.4.27/insmod/insmod.c	2003-10-27 03:34:46.000000000 +0100
++++ src.modutils.1129663106.24148.1818346198/modutils-2.4.27/insmod/insmod.c	2005-10-18 21:44:14.000000000 +0200
+@@ -274,8 +274,10 @@
+ 		 */
+ 		if (strncmp((char *)s->name, "GPLONLY_", 8) == 0) {
+ 			gplonly_seen = 1;
+-			if (gpl)
+-				((char *)s->name) += 8;
++			if (gpl)  {
++			    char *charptr = ((char *)s->name) + 8;
++			    s->name = charptr;
++			}
+ 			else
+ 				continue;
+ 		}
+diff -dur modutils-2.4.27/obj/obj_kallsyms.c src.modutils.1129663106.24148.1818346198/modutils-2.4.27/obj/obj_kallsyms.c
+--- modutils-2.4.27/obj/obj_kallsyms.c	2002-03-01 01:39:06.000000000 +0100
++++ src.modutils.1129663106.24148.1818346198/modutils-2.4.27/obj/obj_kallsyms.c	2005-10-18 21:24:22.000000000 +0200
+@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@
+ 
+     /* Initial contents, header + one entry per input section.  No strings. */
+     osec->header.sh_size = sizeof(*a_hdr) + loaded*sizeof(*a_sec);
+-    a_hdr = (struct kallsyms_header *) osec->contents =
+-    	xmalloc(osec->header.sh_size);
++    osec->contents = xmalloc(osec->header.sh_size);
++    a_hdr = (struct kallsyms_header *) osec->contents;
++
+     memset(osec->contents, 0, osec->header.sh_size);
+     a_hdr->size = sizeof(*a_hdr);
+     a_hdr->sections = loaded;
+@@ -275,8 +276,8 @@
+ 	a_hdr->symbol_off +
+ 	a_hdr->symbols*a_hdr->symbol_size +
+ 	strings_size - strings_left;
+-    a_hdr = (struct kallsyms_header *) osec->contents =
+-	xrealloc(a_hdr, a_hdr->total_size);
++    osec->contents = xrealloc(a_hdr, a_hdr->total_size);
++    a_hdr = (struct kallsyms_header *) osec->contents;
+     p = (char *)a_hdr + a_hdr->symbol_off;
+     memcpy(p, symbols, a_hdr->symbols*a_hdr->symbol_size);
+     free(symbols);