diff --git a/math/gmp/files/patch-configure b/math/gmp/files/patch-configure
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cc6d158d28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/gmp/files/patch-configure
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- configure.orig	2016-12-16 15:45:32 UTC
++++ configure
+@@ -6776,7 +6776,7 @@ main ()
+   long i;
+   for (i = 0; i < 88 + 1; i++)
+     a[i] = ~0L;
+-  r = malloc (10000 * sizeof (unsigned long));
++  r = calloc (10000, sizeof(unsigned long));
+   r2 = r;
+   for (i = 0; i < 528; i += 23)
+     {
+@@ -8394,7 +8394,7 @@ main ()
+   long i;
+   for (i = 0; i < 88 + 1; i++)
+     a[i] = ~0L;
+-  r = malloc (10000 * sizeof (unsigned long));
++  r = calloc (10000, sizeof(unsigned long));
+   r2 = r;
+   for (i = 0; i < 528; i += 23)
+     {