diff --git a/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.7.7.ebuild b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.7.7.ebuild
index 1e0db2c8f85ab..5407e22e9813a 100644
--- a/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.7.7.ebuild
+++ b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.7.7.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc64"
 DEPEND="net-print/cups"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/1.6.5-warnings.patch" )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/1.6.5-warnings.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-fnocommon.patch"
+)
 
 src_configure() {
 	econf --disable-shared
diff --git a/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/files/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.7.7-fnocommon.patch b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/files/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.7.7-fnocommon.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e2e35719ca8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/files/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.7.7-fnocommon.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/filter.c	2020-05-23 13:50:19.064756474 +0200
++++ b/src/filter.c	2020-05-23 13:53:01.936647646 +0200
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
+ extern EPS_UINT8*   tmpLineBuf;
+ 
+ extern EPS_CMN_FUNC epsCmnFnc;
+-EPS_JOB_FUNCS		jobFnc;
++extern EPS_JOB_FUNCS	jobFnc;
+ 
+ extern EPS_INT32 tonerSave;
+ extern EPS_INT32 back_type;