diff --git a/drpm-0.3.0-workaround-ppc64le-gcc.patch b/drpm-0.3.0-workaround-ppc64le-gcc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c318d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drpm-0.3.0-workaround-ppc64le-gcc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -up drpm-0.3.0/CMakeLists.txt.than drpm-0.3.0/CMakeLists.txt
+diff -up drpm-0.3.0/src/CMakeLists.txt.than drpm-0.3.0/src/CMakeLists.txt
+--- drpm-0.3.0/src/CMakeLists.txt.than	2017-03-23 13:32:42.043858861 -0400
++++ drpm-0.3.0/src/CMakeLists.txt	2017-03-23 13:33:07.444304342 -0400
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ configure_file(config.h.in ${CMAKE_BINAR
+ add_library(drpm SHARED ${DRPM_SOURCES})
+ 
+ set_source_files_properties(${DRPM_SOURCES} PROPERTIES
+-   COMPILE_FLAGS "-std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
++   COMPILE_FLAGS "-std=c99 -fno-builtin-strcmp -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+ )
+ 
+ target_link_libraries(drpm ${DRPM_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+diff -up drpm-0.3.0/test/CMakeLists.txt.than drpm-0.3.0/test/CMakeLists.txt
+--- drpm-0.3.0/test/CMakeLists.txt.than	2017-03-23 13:38:06.729554341 -0400
++++ drpm-0.3.0/test/CMakeLists.txt	2017-03-23 13:38:42.840187780 -0400
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endif()
+ add_executable(drpm_api_tests ${DRPM_TEST_SOURCES})
+ 
+ set_source_files_properties(${DRPM_TEST_SOURCES} PROPERTIES
+-   COMPILE_FLAGS "-std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
++   COMPILE_FLAGS "-std=c99 -fno-builtin-strcmp -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+ )
+ 
+ target_link_libraries(drpm_api_tests ${DRPM_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${CMOCKA_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/drpm.spec b/drpm.spec
index 86dc712..6b1e8bb 100644
--- a/drpm.spec
+++ b/drpm.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ License:        LGPLv3+ and BSD
 URL:            https://fedorahosted.org/%{name}
 Source:         https://fedorahosted.org/released/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
+# add workaround for gcc7 on ppc64le temporary before it's fixed in gcc
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420350
+Patch1:         drpm-0.3.0-workaround-ppc64le-gcc.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.8
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 The drpm-devel package provides a C interface (drpm.h) for the drpm library.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup
+%autosetup -p1
 mkdir build
 
 %build
@@ -72,8 +76,8 @@ popd
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/drpm.pc
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.0-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
+* Tue Mar 28 2017 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 0.3.0-5
+- added workaround for gcc7 bug on ppc64le temporary
 
 * Thu Sep 29 2016 Pete Walter <pwalter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.0-4
 - Simplify spec file