diff --git a/libxml2-gnome-bug-561340-fix.patch b/libxml2-gnome-bug-561340-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c78f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxml2-gnome-bug-561340-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- include/libxml/xmlexports.h	2009-09-25 00:00:03.511532978 +0200
++++ include/libxml/xmlexports.h	2009-09-25 00:01:27.058533091 +0200
+@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
+    */
+   #if !defined(LIBXML_STATIC)
+     #define XMLPUBFUN __declspec(dllexport)
+-    #define XMLPUBVAR __declspec(dllexport)
++    #define XMLPUBVAR __declspec(dllexport) extern
+   #else
+     #define XMLPUBFUN
+     #if !defined(LIBXML_STATIC)
diff --git a/mingw32-libxml2.spec b/mingw32-libxml2.spec
index f4ccaee..c5cd56b 100644
--- a/mingw32-libxml2.spec
+++ b/mingw32-libxml2.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 # MinGW-specific patches.
 Patch1000:      mingw32-libxml2-2.7.2-with-modules.patch
 Patch1001:      mingw32-libxml2-static-build-compile-fix.patch
+Patch1002:      libxml2-gnome-bug-561340-fix.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ Static version of the MinGW Windows XML processing library.
 
 %patch1000 -p1
 %patch1001 -p0
+%patch1002 -p0
 
 # Patched configure.in, so rebuild configure.
 libtoolize --force --copy
@@ -131,6 +133,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 25 2009 Erik van Pienbroek <epienbro@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.5-2
+- Added a patch to fix GNOME bug #561340
+
 * Thu Sep 24 2009 Erik van Pienbroek <epienbro@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.5-1
 - Update to 2.7.5