diff --git a/0001-coverity-54448-Uninitialized-scalar-field.patch b/0001-coverity-54448-Uninitialized-scalar-field.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..536661a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-coverity-54448-Uninitialized-scalar-field.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 9ef8ed8bdbe2c9756115c7d3e98c7180bb63fd0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 10:38:35 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] coverity#54448 Uninitialized scalar field
+
+---
+ src/liborcus/xls_xml_context.cpp | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/liborcus/xls_xml_context.cpp b/src/liborcus/xls_xml_context.cpp
+index 01f5dc9..abdd478 100644
+--- a/src/liborcus/xls_xml_context.cpp
++++ b/src/liborcus/xls_xml_context.cpp
+@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ xls_xml_context::xls_xml_context(session_context& session_cxt, const tokens& tok
+     xml_context_base(session_cxt, tokens),
+     mp_factory(factory),
+     mp_cur_sheet(NULL),
+-    m_cur_row(0), m_cur_col(0), m_cur_cell_type(ct_unknown)
++    m_cur_row(0), m_cur_col(0), m_cur_cell_type(ct_unknown),
++    m_cur_cell_value(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())
+ {
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.3.5
+
diff --git a/0001-do-not-let-main-throw.patch b/0001-do-not-let-main-throw.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c94dc06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-do-not-let-main-throw.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+From da5d99c57ecdf54b40c248a109969021b70f5a38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 17:49:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] do not let main() throw
+
+---
+ src/orcus_detect_main.cpp | 18 ++++++++----------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/orcus_detect_main.cpp b/src/orcus_detect_main.cpp
+index 2a9f082..2f4110f 100644
+--- a/src/orcus_detect_main.cpp
++++ b/src/orcus_detect_main.cpp
+@@ -16,22 +16,14 @@
+ using namespace orcus;
+ using namespace std;
+ 
+-int main(int argc, char** argv)
++int main(int argc, char** argv) try
+ {
+     if (argc != 2)
+         return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ 
+     const char* filepath = argv[1];
+     string strm;
+-    try
+-    {
+-        load_file_content(filepath, strm);
+-    }
+-    catch (const general_error& e)
+-    {
+-        cerr << e.what() << endl;
+-        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+-    }
++    load_file_content(filepath, strm);
+ 
+     if (strm.empty())
+     {
+@@ -67,4 +59,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
+ 
+     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ }
++catch (const general_error& e)
++{
++    cerr << e.what() << endl;
++    return EXIT_FAILURE;
++}
++
+ /* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
+-- 
+2.3.5
+
diff --git a/liborcus.spec b/liborcus.spec
index 15b3142..a964391 100644
--- a/liborcus.spec
+++ b/liborcus.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ License: MPLv2.0
 URL: https://gitlab.com/orcus/orcus
 Source: http://kohei.us/files/orcus/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch0: liborcus-0.7.0-iostream.patch
+Patch1: 0001-coverity-54448-Uninitialized-scalar-field.patch
+Patch2: 0001-do-not-let-main-throw.patch
 
 BuildRequires: boost-devel
 %if %{with convtools}