diff --git a/package/devel/gdb/patches/002-remove-arguments.patch b/package/devel/gdb/patches/002-remove-arguments.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a263cb396a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/devel/gdb/patches/002-remove-arguments.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# The additional warnings are causing compile errors on gcc version 4.1.2 as
+# a host compiler.
+
+--- a/sim/igen/configure
++++ b/sim/igen/configure
+@@ -4768,8 +4768,8 @@ build_warnings="-Wall -Wdeclaration-afte
+ -Wpointer-sign \
+ -Wno-unused -Wunused-value -Wunused-function \
+ -Wno-switch -Wno-char-subscripts -Wmissing-prototypes
+--Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wempty-body -Wmissing-parameter-type \
+--Wold-style-declaration -Wold-style-definition"
++-Wdeclaration-after-statement \
++-Wold-style-definition"
+ 
+ # Enable -Wno-format by default when using gcc on mingw since many
+ # GCC versions complain about %I64.