diff --git a/srcpkgs/poedit/patches/icu59.patch b/srcpkgs/poedit/patches/icu59.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a3e9313beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/poedit/patches/icu59.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -upr poedit-2.0.1.orig/src/unicode_helpers.cpp poedit-2.0.1/src/unicode_helpers.cpp
+--- src/unicode_helpers.cpp	2017-04-26 10:55:31.807183266 +0300
++++ src/unicode_helpers.cpp	2017-04-26 11:02:47.373899526 +0300
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ 
+ #include "unicode_helpers.h"
+ 
++#include <unicode/unistr.h>
+ #include "str_helpers.h"
+ 
+ #include <unicode/ubidi.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/poedit/template b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
index 0c924f05c8e..c41dd05ca76 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/poedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ homepage="http://www.poedit.net/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/releases/download/v${version}-oss/poedit-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8766874175b2221ef670d89b32f0fe900cde3e27e5dcb2c1b6cf6d01e8d56ff3
 
+CPPFLAGS="-DUCHAR_TYPE=uint16_t"
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }