diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/gdbm_gcc_10.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/gdbm_gcc_10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f04bfcb329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/gdbm_gcc_10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- gdbm-1.18.1/src/parseopt.c	2018-05-30 03:39:15.000000000 -0600
++++ gdbm-1.18.1_new/src/parseopt.c	2020-04-30 10:29:52.869582500 -0600
+@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@
+ }
+ 
+ char *parseopt_program_name;
+-char *parseopt_program_doc;
+-char *parseopt_program_args;
+ const char *program_bug_address = "<" PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ">";
+ void (*parseopt_help_hook) (FILE *stream);
+ 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/package.py
index 8469cc4fb5c..ae89387f242 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/package.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Gdbm(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
     version('1.9',   sha256='f85324d7de3777db167581fd5d3493d2daa3e85e195a8ae9afc05b34551b6e57')
 
     depends_on("readline")
+    patch('gdbm_gcc_10.patch', when='%gcc@10:')
 
     def configure_args(self):