diff --git a/syncevolution.spec b/syncevolution.spec
index 0c9768d..b749d41 100644
--- a/syncevolution.spec
+++ b/syncevolution.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Source:        http://downloads.syncevolution.org/%{name}/sources/%{name}-%{vers
 # which was reverted (prematurely) - AdamW 2011/03
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640750
 Patch1:	       syncevolution-1.1.1-gdbus_static.patch
+Patch2:        syncevolution-1.99.7-fixbuild.patch
 
 BuildRequires: bluez-libs-devel
 BuildRequires: boost-devel
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ Perl utils for use with %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1 -b .gdbus
+%patch2 -p1 -b .synthesis
 
 # use the ac macros in Makefile.am
 sed -i '/^ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS/{ /m4-repo/!s/$/ -I m4-repo/ }' Makefile*.am