--- wxPython-src-2.8.10.1-orig/src/gtk/gsockgtk.cpp
+++ wxPython-src-2.8.10.1/src/gtk/gsockgtk.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+// newer versions of glib define its own GSocket but we unfortunately use this
+// name in our own (semi-)public header and so can't change it -- rename glib
+// one instead
+#define GSocket GlibGSocket
 #include <gdk/gdk.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#undef GSocket
 
 #include "wx/gsocket.h"
 #include "wx/unix/gsockunx.h"