diff --git a/generators/poppler/synctex/patches/05-fix-error-formats.diff b/generators/poppler/synctex/patches/05-fix-error-formats.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50d65fb81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/poppler/synctex/patches/05-fix-error-formats.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: synctex/synctex_parser.c
+===================================================================
+--- synctex.orig/synctex_parser.c	2009-07-27 19:21:55.000000000 +0200
++++ synctex/synctex_parser.c	2009-07-27 19:22:47.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@
+ 		len = SYNCTEX_END - SYNCTEX_CUR;
+ 		if(current_size>UINT_MAX-len-1) {
+ 			/*  We have reached the limit. */
+-			_synctex_error("!  limit reached (missing %i).",current_size-(UINT_MAX-len-1));
++			_synctex_error("!  limit reached (missing %zd).",current_size-(UINT_MAX-len-1));
+ 			return SYNCTEX_STATUS_ERROR;
+ 		}
+ 		new_size = current_size+len;
diff --git a/generators/poppler/synctex/patches/series b/generators/poppler/synctex/patches/series
index 9ac0a9874..3e2340a4e 100644
--- a/generators/poppler/synctex/patches/series
+++ b/generators/poppler/synctex/patches/series
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 02-fix-_synctex_error.diff
 03-fix-_synctex_scan_named.diff
 04-gcc-specify-printf-format.diff
+05-fix-error-formats.diff
diff --git a/generators/poppler/synctex/synctex_parser.c b/generators/poppler/synctex/synctex_parser.c
index 7c9b42c34..05b92bf0e 100644
--- a/generators/poppler/synctex/synctex_parser.c
+++ b/generators/poppler/synctex/synctex_parser.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ next_character:
 		len = SYNCTEX_END - SYNCTEX_CUR;
 		if(current_size>UINT_MAX-len-1) {
 			/*  We have reached the limit. */
-			_synctex_error("!  limit reached (missing %i).",current_size-(UINT_MAX-len-1));
+			_synctex_error("!  limit reached (missing %zd).",current_size-(UINT_MAX-len-1));
 			return SYNCTEX_STATUS_ERROR;
 		}
 		new_size = current_size+len;