diff --git a/srcpkgs/mplayer/patches/altivec-gcc83.patch b/srcpkgs/mplayer/patches/altivec-gcc83.patch
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index 00000000000..06cf65cd13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mplayer/patches/altivec-gcc83.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- ffmpeg/libavutil/ppc/util_altivec.h
++++ ffmpeg/libavutil/ppc/util_altivec.h
+@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@
+ #if HAVE_ALTIVEC
+ #include <altivec.h>
+ 
++/* starting with gcc 8.3, the vector keyword no longer allows usage with
++ * typedefs (e.g. vector uint32_t), only with their respective basic types
++ * (e.g. vector unsigned int) - with __vector this still works and there
++ * is code relying on it
++ */
++#ifndef vector
++#define vector __vector
++#endif
++
+ // used to build registers permutation vectors (vcprm)
+ // the 's' are for words in the _s_econd vector
+ #define WORD_0 0x00,0x01,0x02,0x03