diff --git a/devel/colorer/files/patch-src:shared:colorer:parsers:HRCParserImpl.cpp b/devel/colorer/files/patch-src:shared:colorer:parsers:HRCParserImpl.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..664a3163eaf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/colorer/files/patch-src:shared:colorer:parsers:HRCParserImpl.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- src/shared/colorer/parsers/HRCParserImpl.cpp.orig	Fri Mar 26 11:36:50 2004
++++ src/shared/colorer/parsers/HRCParserImpl.cpp	Fri Mar 26 11:38:05 2004
+@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@
+ 
+     if (*tmpel->getName() == "inherit"){
+       const String *nqSchemeName = tmpel->getParamValue(DString("scheme"));
++
++      if (nqSchemeName == null || nqSchemeName->length() == 0){
++        if (errorHandler != null) errorHandler->error(StringBuffer("empty scheme name in inheritance operator in scheme '")+scheme->schemeName+"'");
++          continue;
++      };
++
+       next->type = SNT_INHERIT;
+       next->schemeName = new SString(nqSchemeName);
+       String *schemeName = qualifyForeignName(nqSchemeName, QNT_SCHEME, false);