diff --git a/0001-Resolves-fdo-47209-and-rhbz-927223-syntax-highlighte.patch b/0001-Resolves-fdo-47209-and-rhbz-927223-syntax-highlighte.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b360e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Resolves-fdo-47209-and-rhbz-927223-syntax-highlighte.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 02917cb57e2c2e9fcab2db8f72960023f3e4edaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:40:04 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Resolves: fdo#47209 and rhbz#927223 syntax highlighter crash
+
+when trying to parse empty lines looking for the matching
+bracket
+
+Change-Id: I3961a3d0e804d136de286e21934c6ba5ab0496cf
+---
+ svtools/source/edit/editsyntaxhighlighter.cxx | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/svtools/source/edit/editsyntaxhighlighter.cxx b/svtools/source/edit/editsyntaxhighlighter.cxx
+index 62a7a25..3f1cd8d 100644
+--- a/svtools/source/edit/editsyntaxhighlighter.cxx
++++ b/svtools/source/edit/editsyntaxhighlighter.cxx
+@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ void MultiLineEditSyntaxHighlight::DoBracketHilight(sal_uInt16 aKey)
+                 continue;
+ 
+             String aLine( GetTextEngine()->GetText( aPara ) );
++
++            if (aLine.Len() == 0)
++                continue;
++
+             for (sal_uInt16 i = ((unsigned long)aPara==nStartPara) ? aStartPos-1 : (sal_uInt16)(aLine.Len()-1); i>0; --i)
+             {
+                 if (aLine.GetChar(i)==aChar)
+-- 
+1.8.1.2
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 32b9d73..5365cb8 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ Patch36: 0001-rhbz-876742-speed-up-table-manipulation-in-Impress.patch
 Patch37: 0001-fdo-62617-display-groups-on-multiple-layers-correctl.patch
 Patch38: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-949238-div-by-zero-on-pagedown-in-0-wi.patch
 Patch39: 0001-valgrind-uninitialized-value.patch
+Patch40: 0001-Resolves-fdo-47209-and-rhbz-927223-syntax-highlighte.patch
 
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
 %define instdir %{_libdir}
@@ -1009,6 +1010,7 @@ mv -f redhat.soc extras/source/palettes/standard.soc
 %patch37 -p1 -b .fdo-62617-display-groups-on-multiple-layers-correctl.patch
 %patch38 -p1 -b .rhbz-949238-div-by-zero-on-pagedown-in-0-wi.patch
 %patch39 -p1 -b .valgrind-uninitialized-value.patch
+%patch40 -p1 -b .fdo-47209-and-rhbz-927223-syntax-highlighte.patch
 
 # TODO: check this
 # these are horribly incomplete--empty translations and copied english
@@ -2280,6 +2282,7 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications &> /dev/null || :
 %changelog
 * Thu Apr 16 2013 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 1:3.6.6.2-3
 - Related: rhbz#924515 uninitialized variable in editengine
+- Resolves: rhbz#927223 syntax highlighting crash
 
 * Mon Apr 08 2013 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 1:3.6.6.2-2
 - Resolves: rhbz#949238 div by zero on pagedown in 0 width task pane