diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+/strict-prototypes.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+/strict-prototypes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96e1f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+/strict-prototypes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Fixes
+
+include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkitemfactory.h:47:1: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
+ typedef void (*GtkItemFactoryCallback)  ();
+
+gcc5 has -Wstrict-prototypes on by default for -Werror so this becomes a build failure for consumers
+of this header e.g. matchbox-panel-2
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Index: gtk+-2.24.27/gtk/gtkitemfactory.h
+===================================================================
+--- gtk+-2.24.27.orig/gtk/gtkitemfactory.h
++++ gtk+-2.24.27/gtk/gtkitemfactory.h
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ typedef void	(*GtkPrintFunc)		   (gpoint
+  * (Note that if we are included from a C++ program () will mean
+  * (void) so an explicit cast will be needed.)
+  */
+-typedef	void	(*GtkItemFactoryCallback)  ();
++typedef	void	(*GtkItemFactoryCallback)  (void);
+ typedef	void	(*GtkItemFactoryCallback1) (gpointer		 callback_data,
+ 					    guint		 callback_action,
+ 					    GtkWidget		*widget);