diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 626914d..7fc01be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ clog
 /OpenImageIO-1.6.15.tar.gz
 /OpenImageIO-1.6.16.tar.gz
 /OpenImageIO-1.7.7.tar.gz
+/OpenImageIO-1.7.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/OpenImageIO-1.7.9-man.patch b/OpenImageIO-1.7.9-man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25e0551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenImageIO-1.7.9-man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/src/doc/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ find_package(PythonInterp)
+ if (UNIX AND TXT2MAN AND PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+     message (STATUS "Unix man page documentation will be generated")
+     set (cli_tools oiiotool iinfo maketx idiff igrep iconvert)
+-    if (IV_BUILT)
++    find_program(IV_FOUND iv)
++    if (IV_FOUND)
+         list (APPEND cli_tools iv)
+     endif()
+ 
diff --git a/OpenImageIO.spec b/OpenImageIO.spec
index f0c585f..6d4bfc0 100644
--- a/OpenImageIO.spec
+++ b/OpenImageIO.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #global beta beta1
 
 Name:           OpenImageIO
-Version:        1.7.7
+Version:        1.7.9
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library for reading and writing images
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/%{name}/%{subname}/archive/Release-%{version}
 # Images for test suite
 #Source1:        oiio-images.tar.gz
 
-Patch0:         OpenImageIO-1.7.7-i686_fix.patch
+Patch0:         OpenImageIO-1.7.9-man.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  cmake gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  txt2man
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ cp -a src/doc/*.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec  1 2016 Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@gmail.com> - 1.7.9-1
+- Update to latest upstream release.
+
 * Sun Oct  2 2016 Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@gmail.com> - 1.7.7-1
 - Update to latest upstream release.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4af8cb5..fc56da1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7057030a8bcbde866967f4b72c1c9b98  OpenImageIO-1.7.7.tar.gz
+ca9f64b8a12b5a774f5f855a154f88b2  OpenImageIO-1.7.9.tar.gz