diff --git a/transfig/transfig.patch b/transfig/transfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1baf8f7aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transfig/transfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- fig2dev/dev/genemf.h.orig	Thu Dec 19 07:42:05 2002
++++ fig2dev/dev/genemf.h	Tue Jan  7 20:16:08 2003
+@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
+ #ifndef __USE_MISC
+ /* Old compatibility names for C types.  */
+ typedef unsigned long int ulong;
++#ifndef __FreeBSD__
+ typedef unsigned short int ushort;
+ typedef unsigned int uint;
++#endif
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+--- fig2dev/fig2dev.h.orig	Thu Dec 19 07:45:28 2002
++++ fig2dev/fig2dev.h	Tue Jan  7 20:08:45 2003
+@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
+ #endif /* MAXPATHLEN */
+ #endif /* PATH_MAX */
+ 
+-#if ( !defined(__NetBSD__) && !defined(__DARWIN__))
++#if ( !defined(__NetBSD__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__DARWIN__))
+ extern int		sys_nerr, errno;
+ #endif
+