diff --git a/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/libxml-no-c-linkage.patch b/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/libxml-no-c-linkage.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e32182c2baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/libxml-no-c-linkage.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- src/synfig/savecanvas.cpp	2018-09-08 08:07:57.000000000 +0200
++++ src/synfig/savecanvas.cpp	2020-07-28 13:33:42.369091915 +0200
+@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@
+ #include <ETL/stringf>
+ #include "gradient.h"
+ #include <errno.h>
+-
+-extern "C" {
+ #include <libxml/tree.h>
+-}
+ 
+ #endif
+