diff --git a/srcpkgs/snapper/patches/std_cerr.patch b/srcpkgs/snapper/patches/std_cerr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc45674c876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/snapper/patches/std_cerr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- client/cleanup.cc.orig	2017-09-17 15:26:38.000000000 +0000
++++ client/cleanup.cc	2017-09-17 15:26:51.949155038 +0000
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+  * find current contact information at www.novell.com.
+  */
+ 
+-
++#include <iostream>
+ #include <vector>
+ 
+ #include "dbus/DBusMessage.h"