diff --git a/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/patches/gcc7-duplicate-const.patch b/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/patches/gcc7-duplicate-const.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb222a2cec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/patches/gcc7-duplicate-const.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- src/efibootdump.c	2016-09-27 23:00:36.000000000 +0200
++++ src/efibootdump.c	2017-05-09 12:33:41.756321719 +0200
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ 	uint8_t *optional_data = NULL;
+ 	size_t optional_data_len = 0;
+ 	uint16_t pathlen;
+-	const unsigned char const *desc;
++	const unsigned char *desc;
+ 	char *raw;
+ 	size_t raw_len;
+ 
+--- src/efibootmgr.c	2017-05-09 12:32:45.939316598 +0200
++++ src/efibootmgr.c	2017-05-09 12:34:02.281323682 +0200
+@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
+ 	list_t *pos;
+ 	var_entry_t *entry;
+ 	efi_load_option *load_option;
+-	const unsigned char const *desc;
++	const unsigned char *desc;
+ 
+ 	list_for_each(pos, var_list) {
+ 		entry = list_entry(pos, var_entry_t, list);
+@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@
+ {
+ 	list_t *pos;
+ 	var_entry_t *boot;
+-	const unsigned char const *description;
++	const unsigned char *description;
+ 	efi_load_option *load_option;
+ 	efidp dp = NULL;
+ 	unsigned char *optional_data = NULL;