diff --git a/x11-plugins/wmping/files/wmping-0.2.1-gcc-10.patch b/x11-plugins/wmping/files/wmping-0.2.1-gcc-10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ed8b82f29e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-plugins/wmping/files/wmping-0.2.1-gcc-10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/wmgeneral.c
++++ b/wmgeneral.c
+@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Window		iconwin, win;
+ GC			NormalGC;
+ XpmIcon		wmgen;
+ Pixmap		pixmask;
++Display		*display;
+ 
+   /*****************/
+  /* Mouse Regions */
+--- a/wmgeneral.h
++++ b/wmgeneral.h
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ typedef struct {
+  /* Global variable */
+ /*******************/
+ 
+-Display		*display;
++extern Display		*display;
+ 
+   /***********************/
+  /* Function Prototypes */
diff --git a/x11-plugins/wmping/wmping-0.2.1-r1.ebuild b/x11-plugins/wmping/wmping-0.2.1-r1.ebuild
index ab211f81e7b3a..489881f2407c2 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/wmping/wmping-0.2.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-plugins/wmping/wmping-0.2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	x11-libs/libICE
 	x11-libs/libXt"
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-format-security.patch )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-format-security.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gcc-10.patch
+	)
 
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