diff --git a/math/py-matplotlib/files/patch-src::mplutils.cpp b/math/py-matplotlib/files/patch-src::mplutils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a953442f8385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/py-matplotlib/files/patch-src::mplutils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- src/mplutils.cpp.orig	Wed Mar  9 16:35:35 2005
++++ src/mplutils.cpp	Wed Mar  9 16:36:19 2005
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++#include <stdio.h>
+ #include <iostream>
+ #include <cstdarg>
+ #include "mplutils.h"