diff --git a/package/base/netkit-base/gcc40.patch b/package/base/netkit-base/gcc40.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44df16510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/netkit-base/gcc40.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+This fixes the error:
+
+Invalid lvalue in assignment
+
+diff -dur netkit-base-0.17-p/inetd/servtab.c netkit-base-0.17/inetd/servtab.c
+--- netkit-base-0.17-p/inetd/servtab.c	2000-07-22 22:20:50.000000000 +0200
++++ netkit-base-0.17/inetd/servtab.c	2005-10-19 04:04:33.000000000 +0200
+@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
+ 			return;
+ 		}
+ 		
+-#define SWAP(type, a, b) {type c=(type)a; (type)a=(type)b; (type)b=(type)c;}
++#define SWAP(type, a, b) {type c=(type)a; a=(type)b; b=(type)c;}
+ 
+ 		/*
+ 		 * sep->se_wait may be holding the pid of a daemon