diff --git a/japanese/vfghostscript55/files/patch-dviprlib.c b/japanese/vfghostscript55/files/patch-dviprlib.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97cf6957e8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/japanese/vfghostscript55/files/patch-dviprlib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- jp-printers/gdevdmpr/dviprlib.c.orig	Tue May 13 16:14:09 1997
++++ jp-printers/gdevdmpr/dviprlib.c	Wed Oct 17 07:18:20 2001
+@@ -1433,7 +1433,9 @@
+ char *dviprt_prtcodename[] = { CFG_PRTCODE_NAME, NULL };
+ char *dviprt_encodename[] = { CFG_ENCODE_NAME, NULL };
+ 
+-private FILE *dviprt_messagestream = stderr;
++private FILE *dviprt_messagestream;
++private void dviprt_messagestream_construct (void) __attribute__((constructor));
++private void dviprt_messagestream_construct (void) { dviprt_messagestream = stderr; }
+ 
+ /*--- library functions ---*/
+ int
+