diff --git a/srcpkgs/physfs/patches/gcc46-unused-but-set-variable.patch b/srcpkgs/physfs/patches/gcc46-unused-but-set-variable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a681a20f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/physfs/patches/gcc46-unused-but-set-variable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- archivers/wad.c.orig	2011-07-20 11:19:01.409198964 +0200
++++ archivers/wad.c	2011-07-20 11:19:31.465196724 +0200
+@@ -245,9 +245,6 @@ static int wad_load_entries(const char *
+     PHYSFS_uint32 fileCount;
+     PHYSFS_uint32 directoryOffset;
+     WADentry *entry;
+-    char lastDirectory[9];
+-
+-    lastDirectory[8] = 0; /* Make sure lastDirectory stays null-terminated. */
+ 
+     BAIL_IF_MACRO(!wad_open(name, forWriting, &fh, &fileCount,&directoryOffset), NULL, 0);
+     info->entryCount = fileCount;