diff --git a/srcpkgs/john/patches/gcc5.patch b/srcpkgs/john/patches/gcc5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6665333e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/john/patches/gcc5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- src/common.h.orig
++++ src/common.h
+@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ typedef unsigned long long ARCH_WORD_64;
+ #define is_aligned(PTR, CNT) ((((ARCH_WORD)(const void *)(PTR))&(CNT-1))==0)
+ 
+ #ifdef __GNUC__
+-#if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
++#if __GNUC__ >= 5
++#define MAYBE_INLINE __attribute__((gnu_inline)) inline
++#elif __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+ #define MAYBE_INLINE __attribute__((always_inline)) inline
+ #elif __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
+ #define MAYBE_INLINE __attribute__((always_inline))