diff --git a/enchant.spec b/enchant.spec
index 6cb2c00..fa890d5 100644
--- a/enchant.spec
+++ b/enchant.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: An Enchanting Spell Checking Library
 Name: enchant
 Version: 1.6.0
-Release: 13%{?dist}
+Release: 14%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 License: LGPLv2+
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ BuildRequires: libvoikko-devel
 BuildRequires: automake, libtool
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 
+Patch1: hunspell-1.4.0-has-no-limit.patch
+
 %description
 A library that wraps other spell checking backends.
 
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ Libraries, headers, and support files necessary to compile applications using li
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-myspell --with-myspell-dir=/usr/share/myspell --disable-static --disable-ispell --disable-hspell --disable-zemberek
@@ -86,6 +89,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/enchant/*.la
 rm -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 18 2016 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 1:1.6.0-14
+- rebuild for hunspell 1.4.0
+
 * Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.6.0-13
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/hunspell-1.4.0-has-no-limit.patch b/hunspell-1.4.0-has-no-limit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ecdb24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hunspell-1.4.0-has-no-limit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -ru enchant-1.6.0-orig/src/myspell/myspell_checker.cpp enchant-1.6.0/src/myspell/myspell_checker.cpp
+--- enchant-1.6.0-orig/src/myspell/myspell_checker.cpp	2016-04-18 12:25:00.094614256 +0100
++++ enchant-1.6.0/src/myspell/myspell_checker.cpp	2016-04-18 12:26:09.108569576 +0100
+@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@
+ 		g_iconv_close(m_translate_out);
+ }
+ 
++#ifndef MAXWORDLEN
++#   define MAXWORDLEN 100
++#endif
++
+ bool
+ MySpellChecker::checkWord(const char *utf8Word, size_t len)
+ {