diff --git a/fribidi.build.patch b/fribidi.build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95daf4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fribidi.build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -ru icewm-1.3.8.orig/src/yfontxft.cc icewm-1.3.8/src/yfontxft.cc
+--- icewm-1.3.8.orig/src/yfontxft.cc	2018-02-28 12:58:52.902747832 +0000
++++ icewm-1.3.8/src/yfontxft.cc	2018-02-28 12:59:26.693183099 +0000
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef CONFIG_FRIBIDI
++    #undef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+     #include <fribidi/fribidi.h>
+ #endif
+ 
diff --git a/icewm.spec b/icewm.spec
index 8e73b29..405fa59 100644
--- a/icewm.spec
+++ b/icewm.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Patch6:		icewm-defaults.patch
 Patch7:		icewm-1.3.7-menuiconsize.patch
 Patch8:		icewm-1.3.8-deprecated.patch
 Patch9:		icewm-1.3.8-narrowingfix.patch
+Patch10:	fribidi.build.patch
 
 
 %description
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ older Fedora releases and RHEL.
 %patch7 -p1 -b .menuiconsize
 %patch8 -p0 -b .deprecated
 %patch9 -p1 -b .narrowingfix
+%patch10 -p1 -b .fribidi.build.patch
 
 %build
 autoreconf -vif