diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c7850ce..9d32993 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libmawk (1.0.2-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * trivial patch to allow for compilation with GCC 10, closes: #957451
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:49:48 -0600
+
 libmawk (1.0.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * source-only upload to allow migration to testing, closes: #951449
diff --git a/debian/patches/extern-for-gcc-10.patch b/debian/patches/extern-for-gcc-10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64ae872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/extern-for-gcc-10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/libmawk/vio_fifo.h b/src/libmawk/vio_fifo.h
+index f170c22..a2d751d 100644
+--- a/src/libmawk/vio_fifo.h
++++ b/src/libmawk/vio_fifo.h
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ typedef struct mawk_vio_fifo_s {
+ 	int eof_from_app;       /* 1 if there won't be more from the app or the app won't accept more data */
+ } mawk_vio_fifo_t;
+ 
+-const mawk_vio_imp_t mawk_vio_fifo_imp;
++extern const mawk_vio_imp_t mawk_vio_fifo_imp;
+ 
+ mawk_vio_t *mawk_vio_fifo_open(mawk_state_t *MAWK, const char *name, mawk_vio_open_mode_t mode);
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 727044f..523757a 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 fix-example-man.patch
+extern-for-gcc-10.patch