diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/fix-abs-redefine.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/fix-abs-redefine.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e73311c294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/fix-abs-redefine.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+dpkg defines:
+#define DPKG_BEGIN_DECLS	extern "C" {
+
+That makes header cstdlib included in a extern "C" block which is not supported
+by gcc 4.8. It fails on Fedora 19:
+
+/usr/include/c++/4.8.1/cstdlib: In function ‘long long int std::abs(long long int)’:
+/usr/include/c++/4.8.1/cstdlib:174:20: error: declaration of C function ‘long long int std::abs(long long int)’ conflicts with
+   abs(long long __x) { return __builtin_llabs (__x); }
+                    ^
+/usr/include/c++/4.8.1/cstdlib:166:3: error: previous declaration ‘long int std::abs(long int)’ here
+   abs(long __i) { return __builtin_labs(__i); }
+   ^
+
+Move include gettext.h out of the extern "C" block to fix this issue.
+
+Signed-off-by: Kai Kang <kai.kang@windriver.com>
+
+--- dpkg-1.17.1/lib/dpkg/i18n.h.orig	2013-08-13 17:31:28.870935573 +0800
++++ dpkg-1.17.1/lib/dpkg/i18n.h	2013-08-13 17:31:37.893065249 +0800
+@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
+ 
+ #include <dpkg/macros.h>
+ 
+-DPKG_BEGIN_DECLS
+-
+ /**
+  * @defgroup i18n Internationalization support
+  * @ingroup dpkg-internal
+@@ -33,6 +31,8 @@
+ 
+ #include <gettext.h>
+ 
++DPKG_BEGIN_DECLS
++
+ /* We need to include this because pgettext() uses LC_MESSAGES, but libintl.h
+  * which gets pulled by gettext.h only includes it if building optimized. */
+ #include <locale.h>
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.1.bb
index 9ac2aa73c5..01027a037d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.1.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ SRC_URI += "file://noman.patch \
             file://preinst.patch \
             file://fix-timestamps.patch \
             file://remove-tar-no-timestamp.patch \
+            file://fix-abs-redefine.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "ece3ae87a099158c17bde95c0036c575"