diff --git a/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/largefile.patch b/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/largefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68f6f0a6a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/largefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Make sure that _FILE_OFFSET_BITS is 64 to match gpgme.
+
+--- configure.ac.orig	2013-04-24 11:13:23.985145198 +0200
++++ configure.ac	2013-04-24 11:13:34.536065452 +0200
+@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BALSA_VERSION, "AC_PACKAGE_VERSION",[Defines the Balsa version])
+ 
++AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
++
+ dnl #####################################################################
+ dnl 2. Options
+ dnl #####################################################################