diff --git a/slim/.md5sum b/slim/.md5sum
index 1c6a593e9..66922f2bc 100644
--- a/slim/.md5sum
+++ b/slim/.md5sum
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 727d0acb24c0fbf0751134c37a9c895f  slim-1.3.1.tar.gz
 46349c2dc378b17d5857c5c1d904a636  slim-crux-smooth.tar.gz
+dcc7e99ca74d6b93bca75b5dee95138b  slim.diff
 476ce747c77f1a7e116a7f63bfb7d8d3  slim.rc
diff --git a/slim/Pkgfile b/slim/Pkgfile
index e420b2a21..020bc10ea 100644
--- a/slim/Pkgfile
+++ b/slim/Pkgfile
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@
 
 name=slim
 version=1.3.1
-release=1
+release=2
 source=(http://download.berlios.de/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz \
-        http://jw.tks6.net/files/slim-crux-smooth.tar.gz $name.rc)
+        http://jw.tks6.net/files/slim-crux-smooth.tar.gz $name.rc
+        $name.diff)
 
 build () {
+   # fix the build with g++ 4.4
+   patch -p0 -i $SRC/$name.diff
+
    cd $name-$version
    make
    make DESTDIR=$PKG install
diff --git a/slim/slim.diff b/slim/slim.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4be459363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slim/slim.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -aur slim-1.3.1.orig/switchuser.cpp slim-1.3.1/switchuser.cpp
+--- slim-1.3.1.orig/switchuser.cpp	2008-09-26 02:54:15.000000000 +0200
++++ slim-1.3.1/switchuser.cpp	2009-07-20 15:23:06.105573161 +0200
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
+    (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+ 
++#include <cstdio>
+ #include "switchuser.h"
+ 
+ using namespace std;