diff --git a/games/trackballs/files/patch-src-glHelp.h b/games/trackballs/files/patch-src-glHelp.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69080089246e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/trackballs/files/patch-src-glHelp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- src/glHelp.h.orig	2022-12-23 18:52:49 UTC
++++ src/glHelp.h
+@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "general.h"
+ 
+-typedef struct _TTF_Font TTF_Font;
++#include <SDL2/SDL_ttf.h>
++
+ typedef struct SDL_Surface SDL_Surface;
+ class Map;
+ class Game;