diff --git a/dev-lisp/gcl/gcl-2.6.12.ebuild b/dev-lisp/gcl/gcl-2.6.12.ebuild
index b8fee9e3528fa..bc70972cc4091 100644
--- a/dev-lisp/gcl/gcl-2.6.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lisp/gcl/gcl-2.6.12.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${WORKDIR}"/fedora/largefile.patch
 	epatch "${WORKDIR}"/fedora/arm.patch
 
+	epatch_user
+
 	sed -e 's|"-fomit-frame-pointer"|""|' -i configure
 }