diff --git a/package/base/units/gcc33-support.patch b/package/base/units/gcc33-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd5c95591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/units/gcc33-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- units-1.80/units.c~	2002-05-07 00:20:38.000000000 +0200
++++ units-1.80/units.c	2003-08-12 23:47:18.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2358,7 +2358,7 @@
+ 
+ #if 0
+ 
+-    "sed 's/.*/& ft\"
++    "sed 's/.*/& ft/'"
+     "m/' feet|units -q|sed 's/^[[:space:]]*\* //"
+     "/^[[:space:]]*\//d'"
+