diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
index a1a28a8..e7f3b51 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 SRC_URI = "https://launchpad.net/${BPN}/trunk/${PV}/+download/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://fix-indentation-for-gcc6.patch \
            file://0001-libgeis-Compare-the-first-character-of-string-to-nul.patch \
+           file://0001-provide-function-declaration-with-prototypes.patch \
            "
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://launchpad.net/geis/trunk"