diff --git a/astro/libnova/files/patch-misc.c b/astro/libnova/files/patch-misc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9038c794b4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astro/libnova/files/patch-misc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ./src/misc.c.orig	Fri Oct 25 01:29:37 2002
++++ ./src/misc.c	Fri Oct 25 01:29:45 2002
+@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
+ 
+ /**/
+ #include <stdio.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>