diff --git a/databases/gnats/Makefile b/databases/gnats/Makefile
index 87270d70cc62..0edc0d896400 100644
--- a/databases/gnats/Makefile
+++ b/databases/gnats/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	gnats
 PORTVERSION=	3.113.1
-PORTREVISION=	9
+PORTREVISION=	10
 CATEGORIES=	databases elisp
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	gnats
diff --git a/databases/gnats/files/patch-gnats::misc.c b/databases/gnats/files/patch-gnats::misc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12955843b738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/gnats/files/patch-gnats::misc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- gnats/misc.c.orig	Sun Nov 14 17:59:15 2004
++++ gnats/misc.c	Sun Nov 14 17:56:58 2004
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+     {
+ #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
+       if (log_method == SYSLOG)
+-	syslog (severity, buf);
++	syslog (severity, "%s", buf);
+       else
+ #endif
+       if (gnats_logfile != (FILE *) NULL)