diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swfft/include-stdio_h.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swfft/include-stdio_h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..86c9390cae1dbe3ceb5de09bfe3dc932f72abd3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swfft/include-stdio_h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/TimingStats.h
++++ b/TimingStats.h
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
+ #define HACC_TIMINGSTATS_H
+ 
+ #include <math.h>
+-
++#include <stdio.h>
+ #include <mpi.h>
+ 
+ // lightweight timing statistics from MPI_Wtime() calls
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swfft/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swfft/package.py
index f6bfae90ec6590929eb7c224c3156b743eb2ba5f..3d4766f77b0906ef6c2d47dbf7c0986f4a389f31 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swfft/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swfft/package.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ class Swfft(MakefilePackage):
     depends_on('mpi')
     depends_on('fftw')
 
+    # fix error
+    #     TimingStats.h:94:35: error: 'printf' was not declared in this scope
+    patch('include-stdio_h.patch')
+
     tags = ['proxy-app', 'ecp-proxy-app']
 
     @property