diff --git a/highlight-2.7-gcc44.patch b/highlight-2.7-gcc44.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9559c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/highlight-2.7-gcc44.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -up highlight-2.7/src/core/re/Pattern.cpp.gcc44 highlight-2.7/src/core/re/Pattern.cpp
+--- highlight-2.7/src/core/re/Pattern.cpp.gcc44	2009-02-03 17:15:46.000000000 +0100
++++ highlight-2.7/src/core/re/Pattern.cpp	2009-02-03 17:16:03.000000000 +0100
+@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
+ #include "Pattern.h"
+ #include "Matcher.h"
+ #include <cstring>
++#include <cstdio>
+ #include <algorithm>
+ #include <cctype>
+ 
diff --git a/highlight.spec b/highlight.spec
index 6d422ef..f993956 100644
--- a/highlight.spec
+++ b/highlight.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:		highlight
 Summary:	Universal source code to formatted text converter
 Version:	2.7
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 
 Group:		Development/Tools
 License:	GPLv2
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ License:	GPLv2
 URL:		http://www.andre-simon.de/
 Source0:	http://www.andre-simon.de/zip/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1:		highlight-2.6.11-makefile.patch
+# Sent patch to upstrem via mail.
+Patch2:		highlight-2.7-gcc44.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	wxGTK-devel
 
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ It is easily possible to create new language definitions and colour themes.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1 -b .mak
+%patch2 -p1 -b .gcc44
 
 # Provides: exclude perl(highlight_pipe) from example
 cat <<__EOF__ > %{name}-perl.prov
@@ -70,6 +73,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc ChangeLog AUTHORS README* COPYING TODO examples/
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb  3 2009 Jochen Schmitt <Jochen herr-schmitt de> 2.7-2
+- Patches for gcc-4.4
+
 * Thu Jan 15 2009 Jochen Schmitt <Jochen herr-schmitt de> 2.7-1
 - New upstream release