diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5560328..d9c17ef 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+bsdgames (2.16-5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Apply hack patch from Andreas Jochens to support building under gcc 4.0
+    which does stricter checking for static variables. Closes: #284750
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed,  8 Dec 2004 14:39:12 -0500
+
 bsdgames (2.16-4) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fixed a null pointer de-reference in hunt if run on a
diff --git a/hack/hack.termcap.c b/hack/hack.termcap.c
index ad6a71b..2af3c75 100644
--- a/hack/hack.termcap.c
+++ b/hack/hack.termcap.c
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ __RCSID("$NetBSD: hack.termcap.c,v 1.12 2003/04/02 18:36:40 jsm Exp $");
 #include "def.flag.h"		/* for flags.nonull */
 
 static char     tbuf[512];
-static char    *HO, *CL, *CE, *UP, *CM, *ND, *XD, *BC, *SO, *SE, *TI, *TE;
+char    *HO, *CL, *CE, *UP, *CM, *ND, *XD, *BC, *SO, *SE, *TI, *TE;
 static char    *VS, *VE;
 static int      SG;
-static char     PC = '\0';
+char     PC = '\0';
 char           *CD;		/* tested in pri.c: docorner() */
 int             CO, LI;		/* used in pri.c and whatis.c */