diff --git a/goldendict-pr1243.patch b/goldendict-pr1243.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10ae83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/goldendict-pr1243.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From 6ca112b797e70774d252b3635d41b4c5d38ea9dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vitaly Zaitsev <vitaly@easycoding.org>
+Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:08:52 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Use a better workaround for Wayland crashes.
+
+GoldenDict use lots of X11 functions and it currently cannot work natively on Wayland. This workaround will force GoldenDict to use  XWayland.
+
+Signed-off-by: Vitaly Zaitsev <vitaly@easycoding.org>
+---
+ main.cc                   | 11 +++++++++++
+ redist/goldendict.desktop |  5 -----
+ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
+index b3f16ed7..f6a85c07 100644
+--- a/main.cc
++++ b/main.cc
+@@ -212,6 +212,17 @@ class LogFilePtrGuard
+ 
+ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
+ {
++#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
++    // GoldenDict use lots of X11 functions and it currently cannot work
++    // natively on Wayland. This workaround will force GoldenDict to use
++    // XWayland.
++    char * xdg_envc = getenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE");
++    QString xdg_session = xdg_envc ? QString::fromLatin1(xdg_envc) : QString();
++    if (!QString::compare(xdg_session, QString("wayland"), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
++    {
++        setenv("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "xcb", 1);
++    }
++#endif
+   #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+     setenv("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8", 1);
+ 
+diff --git a/redist/goldendict.desktop b/redist/goldendict.desktop
+index 13a5fe8f..9cb1d574 100755
+--- a/redist/goldendict.desktop
++++ b/redist/goldendict.desktop
+@@ -7,8 +7,3 @@ GenericName=Multiformat Dictionary
+ Comment=GoldenDict
+ Icon=goldendict
+ Exec=goldendict
+-Actions=X11;
+-
+-[Desktop Action X11]
+-Name=GoldenDict (X11)
+-Exec=env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb goldendict
diff --git a/goldendict.spec b/goldendict.spec
index 26362d2..d612d2d 100644
--- a/goldendict.spec
+++ b/goldendict.spec
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 
 Name:		goldendict
 Version:	1.5
-Release:	0.26.RC2%{?dist}
+Release:	0.27.RC2%{?dist}
 Summary:	A feature-rich dictionary lookup program
 License:	GPLv3+
 URL:		http://goldendict.org
 Source0:	https://github.com/%{owner}/%{name}/archive/%{commit}/%{name}-%{commit}.tar.gz
 
+# https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/pull/1243
+Patch100:	%{name}-pr1243.patch
+
 BuildRequires:	cmake(Qt5LinguistTools)
 BuildRequires:	cmake(Qt5XmlPatterns)
 BuildRequires:	cmake(Qt5Multimedia)
@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/help
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 27 2020 Vitaly Zaitsev <vitaly@easycoding.org> - 1.5-0.27.RC2
+- Use a better workaround for crashes on Wayland.
+
 * Sun Mar 15 2020 Vitaly Zaitsev <vitaly@easycoding.org> - 1.5-0.26.RC2
 - Rebased to a1c7c5b snapshot with a separate desktop action for Wayland.