diff --git a/devel/p5-EV/distinfo b/devel/p5-EV/distinfo
index 514e9ea22215..682d89513af6 100644
--- a/devel/p5-EV/distinfo
+++ b/devel/p5-EV/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.6 2012/01/26 11:46:22 rhaen Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.7 2012/11/18 01:54:02 joerg Exp $
 
 SHA1 (EV-4.10.tar.gz) = af7c0f31abcef06125b84f4476d0c9a7a9629ced
 RMD160 (EV-4.10.tar.gz) = b7527ee583507e624a95ea227f67076537dbb93c
 Size (EV-4.10.tar.gz) = 181424 bytes
+SHA1 (patch-libev_ev.h) = f90dccab5b57b4daa5408f6c9bc39527bc76d354
diff --git a/devel/p5-EV/patches/patch-libev_ev.h b/devel/p5-EV/patches/patch-libev_ev.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05406d4b8e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/p5-EV/patches/patch-libev_ev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-libev_ev.h,v 1.1 2012/11/18 01:54:02 joerg Exp $
+
+--- libev/ev.h.orig	2012-11-17 12:01:52.000000000 +0000
++++ libev/ev.h
+@@ -549,8 +549,6 @@ EV_API_DECL struct ev_loop *ev_default_l
+ EV_INLINE struct ev_loop *
+ ev_default_loop_uc_ (void)
+ {
+-  extern struct ev_loop *ev_default_loop_ptr;
+-
+   return ev_default_loop_ptr;
+ }
+