diff --git a/packages/devel/newt/patches/newt-libdir.patch b/packages/devel/newt/patches/newt-libdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..043b7ca686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/newt/patches/newt-libdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur newt-0.52.14/Makefile.in newt-0.52.14.patch/Makefile.in
+--- newt-0.52.14/Makefile.in	2011-11-11 12:00:15.000000000 +0100
++++ newt-0.52.14.patch/Makefile.in	2013-05-30 23:40:30.104284277 +0200
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
+ CPP = @CPP@
+ CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+-CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/slang @CPPFLAGS@ 
++CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE @CPPFLAGS@ 
+ GNU_LD = @GNU_LD@
+ 
+ VERSION = @VERSION@