diff --git a/lfs/groff b/lfs/groff
index 194877e78..a3d13a160 100644
--- a/lfs/groff
+++ b/lfs/groff
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/$(THISAPP)-debian_fixes-1.patch
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/groff-char_block.patch
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && sed -i -e 's/2010/002D/' -e 's/2212/002D/' \
 				-e 's/2018/0060/' -e 's/2019/0027/' font/devutf8/R.proto
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && PAGE=A4 ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-multibyte --disable-nls
diff --git a/src/patches/groff-char_block.patch b/src/patches/groff-char_block.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ee78ce91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/patches/groff-char_block.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356248
+
+--- ./src/devices/grohtml/post-html.cc~	2006-03-10 16:11:34.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/devices/grohtml/post-html.cc	2006-03-10 16:12:11.000000000 +0000
+@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
+   char_block   *next;
+ 
+   char_block();
+-  char_block::char_block(int length);
++  char_block(int length);
+ };
+ 
+ char_block::char_block()
+