diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 8a72b5641eb..95c4eeb6fde 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/patchelf-rework-for-arm.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/patchutils-xfail-gendiff-tests.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/pavucontrol-sigsegv.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/perl-gd-options-passthrough-and-fontconfig.patch \
   gnu/packages/patches/perl-no-sys-dirs.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/perl-tk-x11-discover.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/petsc-fix-threadcomm.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/perl-gd-options-passthrough-and-fontconfig.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/perl-gd-options-passthrough-and-fontconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ce86a6bd18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/perl-gd-options-passthrough-and-fontconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a stub, awaiting the actual patch.