diff --git a/x11-toolkits/wmapp/files/patch-wmapp.cc b/x11-toolkits/wmapp/files/patch-wmapp.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ed5fd681bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-toolkits/wmapp/files/patch-wmapp.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- wmapp.cc.orig	Wed Jul 23 03:26:58 2003
++++ wmapp.cc	Wed Jul 23 03:28:59 2003
+@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
+ 
+ using std::string;
+ 
+-namespace Unix {
+-  extern "C" {
+-#   include <unistd.h> // for usleep()
+-  }
+-};
++extern "C" {
++# include <unistd.h> // for usleep()
++}
+ 
+ // All the xpms we need:
+ namespace Xpms {
+@@ -254,7 +252,7 @@
+ 
+   while (true) {
+     // sleep for the specified time in milliseconds
+-    Unix::usleep(1000 * current()->updatefreq());
++    usleep(1000 * current()->updatefreq());
+     // execute any timed functions which need it
+     current()->run_timed_functions();
+