diff --git a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/patches/patch-xpcom_components_Module.h b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/patches/patch-xpcom_components_Module.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..866c7b4a585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/patches/patch-xpcom_components_Module.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-xpcom_components_Module.h,v 1.1 2016/02/06 22:13:22 ryoon Exp $
+
+* Workaround for binutils/GNU ld 2.26 from NetBSD/amd64 7.99.26
+
+--- xpcom/components/Module.h.orig	2016-01-23 23:23:51.000000000 +0000
++++ xpcom/components/Module.h
+@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct Module
+ #    define NSMODULE_SECTION __declspec(allocate(".kPStaticModules$M"), dllexport)
+ #  elif defined(__GNUC__)
+ #    if defined(__ELF__)
+-#      define NSMODULE_SECTION __attribute__((section(".kPStaticModules"), visibility("protected")))
++#      define NSMODULE_SECTION __attribute__((section(".kPStaticModules"), visibility("default")))
+ #    elif defined(__MACH__)
+ #      define NSMODULE_SECTION __attribute__((section("__DATA, .kPStaticModules"), visibility("default")))
+ #    elif defined (_WIN32)