diff --git a/exempi-upstream_gcc44_fix.patch b/exempi-upstream_gcc44_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9188bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exempi-upstream_gcc44_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+diff --git a/exempi/tests/utils.cpp b/exempi/tests/utils.cpp
+index 64be1ee..ee1c3a9 100644
+--- a/exempi/tests/utils.cpp
++++ b/exempi/tests/utils.cpp
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
+  * OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+  */
+ 
++#include <cstdio>
+ 
+ #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+ 
+diff --git a/samples/source/XMPFilesCoverage.cpp b/samples/source/XMPFilesCoverage.cpp
+index dc9ce41..007c12b 100644
+--- a/samples/source/XMPFilesCoverage.cpp
++++ b/samples/source/XMPFilesCoverage.cpp
+@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <cstring>
++#include <cstdio>
+ 
+ #define TXMP_STRING_TYPE std::string
+ #define XMP_INCLUDE_XMPFILES 1
+diff --git a/source/common/XML_Node.cpp b/source/common/XML_Node.cpp
+index de3866f..75298a8 100644
+--- a/source/common/XML_Node.cpp
++++ b/source/common/XML_Node.cpp
+@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <cstring>
++#include <cstdio>
+ #include <map>
+ 
+ // ! Can't include XMP..._Impl.hpp - used by both Core and Files.
diff --git a/exempi.spec b/exempi.spec
index 51a8fff..48325d3 100644
--- a/exempi.spec
+++ b/exempi.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Summary:	Library for easy parsing of XMP metadata
 Name:		exempi
 Version:	2.1.0
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 License:	BSD
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 URL:		http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/wiki/Exempi
 Source0:	http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:		exempi-upstream_gcc44_fix.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:	boost-devel expat-devel zlib-devel pkgconfig
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ developing with exempi
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .gcc44
 
 %build
 %configure LDFLAGS="-L%{_libdir}" CPPFLAGS="-I%{_includedir}"
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 04 2009 Deji Akingunola <dakingun@gmail.com> - 2.1.0-2
+- Add patch to build with gcc-4.4
+
 * Tue Jan 06 2009 Deji Akingunola <dakingun@gmail.com> - 2.1.0-1
 - Update to 2.1.0