diff --git a/packages/abook/database.h.patch b/packages/abook/database.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0e16269a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/abook/database.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u -r ../abook-0.6.0pre2/database.h ./database.h
+--- ../abook-0.6.0pre2/database.h	2006-09-04 21:24:18.000000000 +0200
++++ ./database.h	2017-01-15 21:47:00.441932233 +0100
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
+ /*
+  * Field operations
+  */
+-inline int field_id(int i);
++int field_id(int i);
+ abook_field *find_standard_field(char *key, int do_declare);
+ abook_field *real_find_field(char *key, abook_field_list *list, int *nb);
+ #define find_field(key, list)		real_find_field(key, list, NULL)