diff --git a/x11/kdelibs3/files/patch-configure b/x11/kdelibs3/files/patch-configure
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+++ b/x11/kdelibs3/files/patch-configure
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- configure.orig	2008-08-20 18:06:05.000000000 +0200
++++ configure	2012-10-26 21:15:38.000000000 +0200
+@@ -49046,11 +49046,11 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
+ 
+             ac_ext=cpp
+ ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+-ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+-ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
++ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $USE_EXCEPTIONS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
++ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $USE_EXCEPTIONS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
+ 
+-ac_link='rm -rf SunWS_cache; ${CXX-g++} -o conftest${ac_exeext} $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS 1>&5'
++ac_link='rm -rf SunWS_cache; ${CXX-g++} -o conftest${ac_exeext} $CXXFLAGS $USE_EXCEPTIONS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS 1>&5'
+ 
+ 
+            kde_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
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