diff --git a/3Depict-0.0.20-abort_tapsim_load.patch b/3Depict-0.0.20-abort_tapsim_load.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..973d96f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3Depict-0.0.20-abort_tapsim_load.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -r eeac55f99398 src/backend/APT/APTFileIO.cpp
+--- src/backend/APT/APTFileIO.cpp	Mon Feb 13 02:29:47 2017 +0000
++++ src/backend/APT/APTFileIO.cpp	Mon Feb 13 02:34:25 2017 +0000
+@@ -1222,8 +1222,9 @@
+ 			//Transfer position data
+ #ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+ 			h.setPos(Point3D((float*)(buffer)));
+-#elif __BIG_ENDIAN__
+-			static_assert(false); //TODO: IMPLEMENT ME
++#else
++			//FIXME: Implement me
++			return TAPSIM_ERR_FILE_FORMAT_FAIL;
+ #endif
+ 			//assign the ID as the mass to charge
+ 			h.setMassToCharge(*( (short*)(buffer+12) ));
diff --git a/3Depict.spec b/3Depict.spec
index 8f9c7cc..102296d 100644
--- a/3Depict.spec
+++ b/3Depict.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ BuildRequires: qhull-devel
 Patch0: %{name}-%{version}-manual-pdf-loc.patch
 #Fedora specific font dir
 Patch1: %{name}-%{version}-font-path.patch
+#Disable attempting to load tapsim files on non Little-endian
+# arches. To be dealt with by upstream
+Patch2: %{name}-%{version}-abort_tapsim_load.patch
 
 %description
 This software is designed to help users visualize and analyze 3D point clouds
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ useful for general scalar valued point data purposes.
 
 %patch0
 %patch1
+%patch2
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 24
 # Installation directory has changed