diff --git a/player-3.1.0-tirpc.patch b/player-3.1.0-tirpc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0967387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player-3.1.0-tirpc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+diff -up ./cmake/internal/SearchForStuff.cmake.tirpc ./cmake/internal/SearchForStuff.cmake
+--- ./cmake/internal/SearchForStuff.cmake.tirpc	2018-02-24 15:17:04.429808277 -0500
++++ ./cmake/internal/SearchForStuff.cmake	2018-02-24 15:24:27.775383956 -0500
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ INCLUDE (CheckFunctionExists)
+ INCLUDE (CheckIncludeFiles)
+ INCLUDE (CheckLibraryExists)
+ INCLUDE (CheckSymbolExists)
++INCLUDE (FindPkgConfig)
+ 
+ SET (PLAYER_EXTRA_LIB_DIRS "" CACHE STRING "List of extra library directories.")
+ MARK_AS_ADVANCED (PLAYER_EXTRA_LIB_DIRS)
+@@ -19,10 +20,19 @@ ENDIF (PLAYER_OS_QNX)
+ CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS (getaddrinfo HAVE_GETADDRINFO)
+ SET (CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
+ 
++IF (PLAYER_OS_LINUX AND PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
++    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(TIRPC libtirpc)
++    IF (TIRPC_FOUND)
++    ENDIF(TIRPC_FOUND)
++ENDIF(PLAYER_OS_LINUX AND PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
++
++
+ IF (PLAYER_OS_QNX)
+     SET (CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES rpc)
+ ELSEIF (PLAYER_OS_SOLARIS)
+     SET (CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES nsl)
++  ELSEIF (PLAYER_OS_LINUX AND TIRPC_FOUND)
++    SET (CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES tirpc)
+ ENDIF (PLAYER_OS_QNX)
+ CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS (xdr_free HAVE_XDR)
+ IF (HAVE_XDR)
+@@ -141,7 +151,6 @@ INCLUDE (TestBigEndian)
+ TEST_BIG_ENDIAN (WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+ 
+ # GTK checks
+-INCLUDE (FindPkgConfig)
+ IF (NOT PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+     MESSAGE (STATUS "WARNING: Could not find pkg-config. This will prevent searching for GTK and building many drivers.")
+ ELSE (NOT PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+diff -up ./libplayerinterface/CMakeLists.txt.tirpc ./libplayerinterface/CMakeLists.txt
+--- ./libplayerinterface/CMakeLists.txt.tirpc	2018-02-24 15:25:40.324641800 -0500
++++ ./libplayerinterface/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-24 15:46:49.665618088 -0500
+@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ SET (playerinterfaceSrcs  ${playerxdr_h}
+ 
+ IF (PLAYER_OS_QNX)
+     SET (interfaceLibFlag -lrpc)
++ELSEIF (PLAYER_OS_LINUX AND TIRPC_FOUND)
++    SET (interfaceLibFlag -ltirpc)
++    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${TIRPC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ ELSE (PLAYER_OS_QNX)
+     SET (interfaceLibFlag)
+ ENDIF (PLAYER_OS_QNX)
+@@ -110,6 +113,10 @@ SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES (${playerxdr
+ IF (PLAYER_OS_QNX)
+     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (playerinterface rpc)
+     PLAYERCORE_ADD_INT_LINK_LIB (rpc)
++ELSEIF (PLAYER_OS_LINUX)
++    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (playerinterface ${TIRPC_LIBRARIES})
++    PLAYERCORE_ADD_INT_LINK_LIB (tirpc)
++    TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (playerinterface PUBLIC ${TIRPC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ ENDIF (PLAYER_OS_QNX)
+ IF (NOT HAVE_XDR)
+     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (playerinterface playerreplace)
diff --git a/player.spec b/player.spec
index 2877498..d93ccd0 100644
--- a/player.spec
+++ b/player.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Source3:        playerv.desktop
 
 Patch0:         %{name}-3.1.0-cmake3.patch
 Patch1:         %{name}-3.1.0-cpp11.patch
+Patch2:         %{name}-3.1.0-tirpc.patch
 # Sort order: build tools, feature libs, within alphabetically, group related
 # entries on single line (most dominant lib first or alphabetically)
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libphidget-devel
 BuildRequires:  libpqxx-devel
 BuildRequires:  libstatgrab-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtirpc-devel
 BuildRequires:  libusb-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXext-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXmu-devel
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ are experimental.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{releasetag}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .cmake3
 %patch1 -p1 -b .cpp11
+%patch2 -p1 -b .tirpc
 
 %build
 mkdir build; pushd build
@@ -224,6 +227,9 @@ desktop-file-install \
 %{ruby_vendorarchdir}/*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 24 2018 Rich Mattes <richmattes@gmail.com> - 3.1.0-6
+- Add patch to build against tirpc
+
 * Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.1.0-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild