diff --git a/contrib/crossrpms/patches/cygwin-gcc-3.4.4.diff b/contrib/crossrpms/patches/cygwin-gcc-3.4.4.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0dfd88247f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/crossrpms/patches/cygwin-gcc-3.4.4.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur gcc-3.4.4.cyg/libiberty/strsignal.c gcc-3.4.4/libiberty/strsignal.c
+--- gcc-3.4.4.cyg/libiberty/strsignal.c	2003-04-15 22:36:33.000000000 +0200
++++ gcc-3.4.4/libiberty/strsignal.c	2010-04-25 06:52:18.000000000 +0200
+@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
+ 
+ #ifndef HAVE_STRSIGNAL
+ 
+-const char *
++char *
+ strsignal (signo)
+   int signo;
+ {