diff --git a/japanese/kakasi/files/patch-src_kanjiio.c b/japanese/kakasi/files/patch-src_kanjiio.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad81fa336fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/japanese/kakasi/files/patch-src_kanjiio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- src/kanjiio.c.orig	2013-02-07 07:26:18 UTC
++++ src/kanjiio.c
+@@ -1080,11 +1080,11 @@ close_iconv()
+ {
+     if (fromutf8 != -1) {
+ 	iconv_close(fromutf8);
+-	fromutf8 = -1;
++	fromutf8 = (iconv_t) -1;
+     }
+     if (toutf8 != -1) {
+ 	iconv_close(toutf8);
+-	toutf8 = -1;
++	toutf8 = (iconv_t) -1;
+     }
+ }
+ #endif /* KAKASI_SUPPORT_UTF8 */