diff --git a/x11/kde/base2/patches/patch-konsole_src_TEPty_C b/x11/kde/base2/patches/patch-konsole_src_TEPty_C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9137cdd32d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/kde/base2/patches/patch-konsole_src_TEPty_C
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- konsole/src/TEPty.C.orig	Fri Oct 20 21:57:06 2000
++++ konsole/src/TEPty.C	Fri Oct 20 22:04:22 2000
+@@ -180,9 +180,14 @@ int chownpty(int fd, int grant)
+ // param grant: 1 to grant, 0 to revoke
+ // returns 1 on success 0 on fail
+ {
++// XXX
++  struct sigaction oact;
++  sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL, &oact);
++  signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+   pid_t pid = fork();
+   if (pid < 0)
+   {
++    sigaction(SIGCHLD, &oact, NULL);
+     return 0;
+   }
+   if (pid == 0)
+@@ -199,6 +204,7 @@ int chownpty(int fd, int grant)
+     int rc = waitpid (pid, &w, 0);
+     if ((rc == -1) && (errno == EINTR))
+       goto retry;
++    sigaction(SIGCHLD, &oact, NULL);
+     return (rc != -1 && WIFEXITED(w) && WEXITSTATUS(w) == 0);
+   }
+   return 0; //dummy.