diff --git a/lang/gcc/4.2/patches/patch-gcc_Makefile_in b/lang/gcc/4.2/patches/patch-gcc_Makefile_in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9fef8bc503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/gcc/4.2/patches/patch-gcc_Makefile_in
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-gcc_Makefile_in,v 1.1 2012/09/23 10:32:16 espie Exp $
+--- gcc/Makefile.in.orig	Tue Apr  1 23:26:19 2008
++++ gcc/Makefile.in	Sat Sep 22 09:42:04 2012
+@@ -3865,8 +3865,8 @@ install-headers: $(INSTALL_HEADERS_DIR)
+ 
+ # Create or recreate the gcc private include file directory.
+ install-include-dir: installdirs
+-	-rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(libsubdir)/include
+-	mkdir $(DESTDIR)$(libsubdir)/include
++	#-rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(libsubdir)/include
++	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(libsubdir)/include
+ 	-chmod a+rx $(DESTDIR)$(libsubdir)/include
+ 
+ # Create or recreate the install-tools include file directory.