diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freeimage/memset.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/freeimage/memset.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91eabf10fdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freeimage/memset.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -urN a/Source/OpenEXR/Imath/ImathMatrix.h b/Source/OpenEXR/Imath/ImathMatrix.h
+--- a/Source/OpenEXR/Imath/ImathMatrix.h 2010-07-17 12:48:40.000000000 +0200
++++ b/Source/OpenEXR/Imath/ImathMatrix.h 2010-09-03 18:38:37.138598422 +0200
+@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
+ #include "ImathVec.h"
+ #include "ImathShear.h"
+ 
++#include <string.h>
+ #include <iostream>
+ #include <iomanip>
+