diff --git a/libbsd-0.8.3-deprecated.patch b/libbsd-0.8.3-deprecated.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2fa13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbsd-0.8.3-deprecated.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -up libbsd-0.8.3/include/bsd/stdio.h~ libbsd-0.8.3/include/bsd/stdio.h
+--- libbsd-0.8.3/include/bsd/stdio.h~	2015-09-22 23:59:34.000000000 -0600
++++ libbsd-0.8.3/include/bsd/stdio.h	2016-12-23 00:47:24.464930157 -0700
+@@ -41,15 +41,21 @@
+ #include <sys/cdefs.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ 
++#if (__GNUC__ < 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 5))
++#define DEPRECATED(x) __attribute__((deprecated))
++#else
++#define DEPRECATED(x) __attribute__((deprecated(x)))
++#endif
++
+ __BEGIN_DECLS
+ const char *fmtcheck(const char *, const char *);
+ 
+ /* XXX: The function requires cooperation from the system libc to store the
+  * line buffer in the FILE struct itself. */
+ char *fgetln(FILE *fp, size_t *lenp)
+-	__attribute__((deprecated("This functions cannot be safely ported, "
+-	                          "use getline(3) instead, as it is supported "
+-	                          "by GNU and POSIX.1-2008.")));
++        DEPRECATED("This functions cannot be safely ported, "
++		   "use getline(3) instead, as it is supported "
++		   "by GNU and POSIX.1-2008.");
+ 
+ /*
+  * Note: We diverge from the FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFlyBSD declarations,
diff --git a/libbsd.spec b/libbsd.spec
index ab9ffa5..33fe883 100644
--- a/libbsd.spec
+++ b/libbsd.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-Name:		libbsd
-Version:	0.8.3
-Release:	1%{?dist}
-Summary:	Library providing BSD-compatible functions for portability
-URL:		http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/
-License:	BSD and ISC and Copyright only and Public Domain
-Group:		System Environment/Libraries
+Name:           libbsd
+Version:        0.8.3
+Release:        2%{?dist}
+Summary:        Library providing BSD-compatible functions for portability
+URL:            http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/
+License:        BSD and ISC and Copyright only and Public Domain
+Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 # BuildRoot tag necessary for EL5 only:
-BuildRoot:	%(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
-Source0:	http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/releases/libbsd-%{version}.tar.xz
+BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
+Source0:        http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/releases/libbsd-%{version}.tar.xz
+Patch1:         %{name}-%{version}-deprecated.patch
 
 %description
 libbsd provides useful functions commonly found on BSD systems, and
@@ -16,19 +17,19 @@ projects with strong BSD origins, without needing to embed the same
 code over and over again on each project.
 
 %package devel
-Summary:	Development files for libbsd
-Group:		Development/Libraries
-Requires:	libbsd = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:	pkgconfig
+Summary:        Development files for libbsd
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+Requires:       libbsd = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       pkgconfig
 
 %description devel
 Development files for the libbsd library.
 
 %package ctor-static
-Summary:	Development files for libbsd
-Group:		Development/Libraries
-Requires:	libbsd = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:	pkgconfig
+Summary:        Development files for libbsd
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+Requires:       libbsd = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       pkgconfig
 
 %description ctor-static
 The libbsd-ctor static library is required if setproctitle() is to be used
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ configured using "pkg-config --libs libbsd-ctor".
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1 -b .deprecated
 
 %configure
 
@@ -85,6 +87,10 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/%{name}.la
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}-ctor.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 23 2016 Eric Smith <brouhaha@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.3-2
+- Add patch for GCC deprecated attribute to allow building on GCC < 4.5
+  (needed for EL5 and EL6).
+
 * Thu Dec 22 2016 Eric Smith <brouhaha@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.3-1
 - Update to latest upstream release.