diff --git a/pl-5.7.6-strndup-no-static.patch b/pl-5.7.6-strndup-no-static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb5b205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pl-5.7.6-strndup-no-static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pl-5.7.6/src/mkvmi.c.BAD	2009-06-12 17:02:41.000000000 -0500
++++ pl-5.7.6/src/mkvmi.c	2009-06-12 17:02:52.000000000 -0500
+@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
+ }
+ 
+ 
+-static char *
++char *
+ strndup(const char *in, size_t len)
+ { char *s = malloc(len+1);
+   
diff --git a/pl.spec b/pl.spec
index b50d933..4b19eec 100644
--- a/pl.spec
+++ b/pl.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:		pl
 Version:	5.7.6
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	5%{?dist}
 
 Summary:	SWI-Prolog - Edinburgh compatible Prolog compiler
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Patch1:         %{name}-5.6.57-jpl-configure.patch
 Patch2:         %{name}-5.6.57-jpl-configure-alpha.patch
 Patch3:         %{name}-5.6.60-jni.patch
 Patch4:         %{name}-5.6.57-jpl-configure-s390x.patch
+Patch5:         pl-5.7.6-strndup-no-static.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  gmp-devel
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ in Prolog.  In both setups it provides a reentrant bidirectional interface.
 %patch2 -p1 -b .libjvm-alpha
 %patch3 -p1 -b .jni
 %patch4 -p1 -b .libjvm-s390X
+%patch5 -p1 -b .strndup-no-static
 (
    mkdir doc-install
    cd doc-install
@@ -241,6 +243,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 12 2009 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> 5.7.6-5
+-dont use a static definition for strndup
+
 * Mon Mar 02 2009 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> 5.7.6-4
 - fix JAVA_HOME and JAVA_LIB for sparc arches