diff --git a/mail-notification-jb-gcc-format.patch b/mail-notification-jb-gcc-format.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c99b01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail-notification-jb-gcc-format.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Index: epienbroek-mail-notification-eab5c13/jbsrc/lib/src/core/jb-util.c
+===================================================================
+--- epienbroek-mail-notification-eab5c13.orig/jbsrc/lib/src/core/jb-util.c
++++ epienbroek-mail-notification-eab5c13/jbsrc/lib/src/core/jb-util.c
+@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ jb_message_result_string_format (const c
+   g_free(message);
+ }
+ 
++#if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 4)
++static void print_warning_or_error (const char *prefix, const char *format, va_list args) __attribute__ ((format(printf, 1, 0)));
++#endif
++
+ static void
+ print_warning_or_error (const char *prefix, const char *format, va_list args)
+ {
diff --git a/mail-notification.spec b/mail-notification.spec
index eeddb24..45813da 100644
--- a/mail-notification.spec
+++ b/mail-notification.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           mail-notification
 Version:        5.4
-Release:        68.git.%{git_revision}%{?dist}
+Release:        69.git.%{git_revision}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Status icon that informs you if you have new mail
 
 Group:          Applications/Internet
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ URL:            http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/
 # To regenerate source tarball:
 # wget https://github.com/epienbroek/mail-notification/tarball/$git_revision -O mail-notification-$git_revision.tar.gz
 Source0:        mail-notification-%{git_revision}.tar.gz
+# jb build system is turning on -Werror to build itself.  This patch fixes a
+# warning with current gcc
+Patch0: mail-notification-jb-gcc-format.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils, scrollkeeper
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ Evolution support for Mail Notification.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n epienbroek-%{name}-%{git_revision}
 
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 # Temporary build without any optimalisations so we
@@ -167,6 +171,9 @@ touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 15 2013 Toshio Kuratomi <toshio@fedoraproject.org> - 5.4-69.git.eab5c13
+- Fix FTBFS.  Patch is to the complex build scripts rather than the installed code.
+
 * Thu Feb 14 2013 Toshio Kuratomi <toshio@fedoraproject.org> - 5.4-68.git.eab5c13
 - Remove --vendor from desktop-file-install on F19+ https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1077