diff --git a/syncevolution-0.8.1a-build.patch b/syncevolution-0.8.1a-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a39293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syncevolution-0.8.1a-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up syncevolution-0.8.1a/src/client-api/src/c++/posix/http/TransportAgentFactory.cpp.build syncevolution-0.8.1a/src/client-api/src/c++/posix/http/TransportAgentFactory.cpp
+--- syncevolution-0.8.1a/src/client-api/src/c++/posix/http/TransportAgentFactory.cpp.build	2009-03-26 17:26:00.000000000 +0100
++++ syncevolution-0.8.1a/src/client-api/src/c++/posix/http/TransportAgentFactory.cpp	2009-03-26 17:26:08.000000000 +0100
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ #include "http/CurlTransportAgent.h"
+ #elif FUN_TRANSPORT_AGENT == FUN_MAC_TRANSPORT_AGENT
+ #include "http/MacTransportAgent.h"
+-#elif
++#else
+ #error "No Transport agent defined, cannot compile"
+ #endif
+ 
diff --git a/syncevolution.spec b/syncevolution.spec
index ad3ee21..5ae7fe8 100644
--- a/syncevolution.spec
+++ b/syncevolution.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ License: GPLv2+
 Group: Applications/Productivity
 URL: http://www.estamos.de/projects/SyncML/
 Source0: http://www.estamos.de/download/syncevolution/sources/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# Patch filed upstream at
+# https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php\
+#     ?func=detail&aid=2707496&group_id=146288&atid=764733
+Patch0: syncevolution-0.8.1a-build.patch
 BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 Requires: evolution
 Requires: curl
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ connect to and sync with various SyncML-based servers
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .build
 %configure --enable-unit-tests
 
 %build
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %changelog
 * Mon Mar 23 2009 Matej Cepl <mcepl@redhat.com> 0.8.1a-1
 - New upstream release.
+- make a fix for one #elif which should be #else
 
 * Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.7-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild