diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest/gtest-ciso646.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest/gtest-ciso646.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..814912650b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest/gtest-ciso646.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+https://github.com/google/googletest/issues/4701
+
+taken from fedora:
+https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gtest/c/b3fe6f803a1e554971f70e1c3f55aa5fcb377b1b?branch=rawhide
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <martin.jansa@gmail.com>
+
+--- ./googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h.orig	2025-01-27 03:39:18.963893931 +0000
++++ ./googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h	2025-01-28 13:57:51.381081952 +0000
+@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@
+ 
+ // Detect C++ feature test macros as gracefully as possible.
+ // MSVC >= 19.15, Clang >= 3.4.1, and GCC >= 4.1.2 support feature test macros.
+-#if GTEST_INTERNAL_CPLUSPLUS_LANG >= 202002L && \
+-    (!defined(__has_include) || GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_INCLUDE(<version>))
++#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_INCLUDE(<version>) || \
++    (GTEST_INTERNAL_CPLUSPLUS_LANG >= 202002L && !defined(__has_include))
+ #include <version>  // C++20 and later
+-#elif (!defined(__has_include) || GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_INCLUDE(<ciso646>))
+-#include <ciso646>  // Pre-C++20
++#else
++#include <cerrno>  // Pre-C++20
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include <ctype.h>   // for isspace, etc
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.16.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.16.0.bb
index cc2e8e3c94..fe2f732a5d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.16.0.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ PROVIDES += "gmock gtest"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "6910c9d9165801d8827d628cb72eb7ea9dd538c5"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/google/googletest.git;branch=v1.16.x;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/google/googletest.git;branch=v1.16.x;protocol=https \
+    file://gtest-ciso646.patch \
+"
 
 inherit cmake pkgconfig