diff --git a/multimedia/sound/espeak/files/espeak-1.48-gcc-6-fix.patch b/multimedia/sound/espeak/files/espeak-1.48-gcc-6-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e59c7892f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/sound/espeak/files/espeak-1.48-gcc-6-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/src/tr_languages.cpp b/src/tr_languages.cpp
+--- a/src/tr_languages.cpp
++++ b/src/tr_languages.cpp
+@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static const unsigned short chars_ignore_zwnj_hyphen[] = {
+ 	0x200d,  1, // zero width joiner
+ 	0, 0 };
+ 
+-const char string_ordinal[] = {0xc2,0xba,0};  // masculine ordinal character, UTF-8
++const char string_ordinal[] = {'\xc2','\xba',0};  // masculine ordinal character, UTF-8
+ 
+ 
+ static Translator* NewTranslator(void)
diff --git a/multimedia/sound/espeak/pspec.xml b/multimedia/sound/espeak/pspec.xml
index 3c983b83d1..84263832ee 100644
--- a/multimedia/sound/espeak/pspec.xml
+++ b/multimedia/sound/espeak/pspec.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <Patch>espeak-1.23-makefile_nostaticlibs.patch</Patch>
-            <!--<Patch level="1">espeak-1.45.05-runtime-detection.patch</Patch>-->
+            <Patch>espeak-1.48-gcc-6-fix.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>