diff --git a/srcpkgs/iniparser/patches/fix-malloc_size.patch b/srcpkgs/iniparser/patches/fix-malloc_size.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d4425b8be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/iniparser/patches/fix-malloc_size.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- src/iniparser.c
++++ src/iniparser.c
+@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ static const char * strlwc(const char * in, char *out, unsigned len)
+ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+ static char * _strdup(const char *s)
+ {
+-    char * copy = (char*) malloc(strlen(s));
++    char * copy = (char*) malloc(strlen(s) + 1);
++    if (copy)
+-    strcpy(copy, s);
++        strcpy(copy, s);
+     return copy ;
+ }
+-- 
+2.4.5
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/iniparser/template b/srcpkgs/iniparser/template
index 2c861ab385c..8749145e28b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iniparser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iniparser/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'iniparser'
 pkgname=iniparser
 version=4.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="doxygen chrpath"
 short_desc="A free stand-alone ini file parsing library"