diff --git a/3175c2e.patch b/3175c2e.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8e21e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3175c2e.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 3175c2ebf106145a95355d2571e0a2aa4834e884 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Enerccio <admin@en-circle.com>
+Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:31:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Update cups.vapi (#118)
+
+Fixed bug with compilation
+---
+ vapi/cups.vapi | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/vapi/cups.vapi b/vapi/cups.vapi
+index 7f1b795..5dcdba6 100644
+--- a/vapi/cups.vapi
++++ b/vapi/cups.vapi
+@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ namespace CUPS {
+ 			[CCode (cname = "ippAddBooleans")]
+ 			private unowned Attribute _add_booleans (Tag group, string name, [CCode (array_length_pos = 0.9)] char[] values);
+ 			public unowned Attribute add_booleans (Tag group, string name, bool[] values) {
+-				char[] char_values;
++				char[] char_values = {};
+ 				foreach (var val in values) {
+ 					char_values += val ? 1 : 0;
+ 				}
diff --git a/switchboard-plug-printers.spec b/switchboard-plug-printers.spec
index 4ee1a8e..0662974 100644
--- a/switchboard-plug-printers.spec
+++ b/switchboard-plug-printers.spec
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 Name:           switchboard-plug-%{plug_name}
 Summary:        Switchboard Printers Plug
 Version:        2.1.6
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 License:        GPLv3+
 
 URL:            https://github.com/elementary/%{name}
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+# upstream patch to fix vapi issues with newer vala versions
+Patch0:         %{url}/commit/3175c2e.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  meson
 BuildRequires:  vala >= 0.22.0
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ A printers plug for Switchboard.
 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup
+%autosetup -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@ A printers plug for Switchboard.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 02 2019 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.1.6-4
+- Include upstream patch to fix issues with newer vala versions.
+
 * Sat Jul 27 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.6-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild