diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontforge/patches/sys_select_h.patch b/srcpkgs/fontforge/patches/sys_select_h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1217c221bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fontforge/patches/sys_select_h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- gdraw/gdraw.c	2019-08-01 08:28:36.000000000 +0000
++++ -	2019-08-02 16:37:08.648486270 +0000
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ #include "gkeysym.h"
+ #include "ustring.h"
+ 
+-#if __Mac || __FreeBSD__ || __NetBSD__ || __OpenBSD__ || __DragonFly__
++#if __Mac || __FreeBSD__ || __NetBSD__ || __OpenBSD__ || __DragonFly__ || __linux__
+ #  include <sys/select.h>
+ #endif
+