diff --git a/Formula/synfigstudio.rb b/Formula/synfigstudio.rb
index a8b4c86a20c..cbc212ad98d 100644
--- a/Formula/synfigstudio.rb
+++ b/Formula/synfigstudio.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ class Synfigstudio < Formula
   depends_on 'etl'
   depends_on 'synfig'
 
+  def patches
+    # Candidate upstream patch for Xcode 5
+    # http://www.synfig.org/issues/thebuggenie/synfig/issues/504
+    "http://www.synfig.org/issues/thebuggenie/files/show/80"
+  end
+
   def install
     system "./configure", "--disable-debug",
                           "--disable-dependency-tracking",