diff --git a/0001-curl-7.50.0-has-CURL-as-typedef-struct-Curl_easy.patch b/0001-curl-7.50.0-has-CURL-as-typedef-struct-Curl_easy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43c9afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-curl-7.50.0-has-CURL-as-typedef-struct-Curl_easy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 90cdadc9497e12d2e0376a368c5bcf50e275bc57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:08:35 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] curl 7.50.0 has CURL as typedef struct Curl_easy
+
+Change-Id: I22e5e2cdf78c38087579071c1b1570a8adc7d3c4
+(cherry picked from commit 0b8e589875ffd84150470832de18ebd79989efc0)
+---
+ ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftploaderthread.cxx | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftploaderthread.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftploaderthread.cxx
+index 25bc26d..5d1cfb5 100644
+--- a/ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftploaderthread.cxx
++++ b/ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftploaderthread.cxx
+@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ FTPLoaderThread::~FTPLoaderThread() {
+ 
+ 
+ CURL* FTPLoaderThread::handle() {
+-    CURL* ret = osl_getThreadKeyData(m_threadKey);
++    CURL* ret = static_cast<CURL*>(osl_getThreadKeyData(m_threadKey));
+     if(!ret) {
+         ret = curl_easy_init();
+         if (ret != nullptr) {
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index d5119ba..8098948 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ Patch12: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-1352965-gtk3-infinite-clipboard-recurs.patch
 Patch13: 0001-rhbz-1351292-correctly-set-edit-mode.patch
 Patch14: 0001-Related-rhbz-1351369-gtk3-clipboards-have-to-live-to.patch
 Patch15: 0001-Related-rhbz-1065807-recover-using-xdg-templates-and.patch
+Patch16: 0001-curl-7.50.0-has-CURL-as-typedef-struct-Curl_easy.patch
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 # not upstreamed