diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/4.2/304-index_macro.patch b/toolchain/gcc/4.2/304-index_macro.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8e476555d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/4.2/304-index_macro.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- gcc-4.1.0/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope.mps	2006-03-24 01:49:51 +0100
++++ gcc-4.1.0/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope	2006-03-24 01:49:37 +0100
+@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
+ #include <bits/allocator.h>
+ #include <ext/hash_fun.h>
+ 
++/* cope w/ index defined as macro, SuSv3 proposal */
++#undef index
++
+ # ifdef __GC
+ #   define __GC_CONST const
+ # else
+--- gcc-4.1.0/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h.mps	2006-03-24 01:50:04 +0100
++++ gcc-4.1.0/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h	2006-03-24 01:50:28 +0100
+@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
+ #include <ext/memory> // For uninitialized_copy_n
+ #include <ext/numeric> // For power
+ 
++/* cope w/ index defined as macro, SuSv3 proposal */
++#undef index
++
+ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(__gnu_cxx)
+
+   using std::size_t;