diff --git a/0020-build-sys-check-for-lz4-in-the-old-and-new-numbering.patch b/0020-build-sys-check-for-lz4-in-the-old-and-new-numbering.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aadac4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0020-build-sys-check-for-lz4-in-the-old-and-new-numbering.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From 047be3e733cff7717ccd49d6422ea0002bd0c515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Synacek <jsynacek@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:00:03 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] build-sys: check for lz4 in the old and new numbering scheme
+ (#4717)
+
+lz4 upstream decided to switch to an incompatible numbering scheme
+(1.7.3 follows 131, to match the so version).  PKG_CHECK_MODULES does
+not allow two version matches for the same package, so e.g. lz4 < 10 ||
+lz4 >= 125 cannot be used. Check twice, once for "new" numbers (anything
+below 10 is assume to be new), once for the "old" numbers (anything
+above >= 125). This assumes that the "new" versioning will not get to 10
+to quickly. I think that's a safe assumption, lz4 is a mature project.
+
+Fixed #4690.
+
+Cherry-picked from
+https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/3d4cf7de48a74726694abbaa09f9804b845ff3ba
+
+Resolves: #1404406
+---
+ configure.ac | 9 ++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index cf595e6..4a0b269 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -602,10 +602,13 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_BZIP2, [test "$have_bzip2" = "yes"])
+ have_lz4=no
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE(lz4, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-lz4], [Disable optional LZ4 support]))
+ AS_IF([test "x$enable_lz4" != "xno"], [
+-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LZ4, [ liblz4 >= 125 ],
+-               [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LZ4, 1, [Define in LZ4 is available])
++        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LZ4, [ liblz4 < 10 ],
++               [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LZ4, 1, [Define if LZ4 is available])
+                 have_lz4=yes],
+-                have_lz4=no)
++                [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LZ4, [ liblz4 >= 125 ],
++                      [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LZ4, 1, [Define if LZ4 is available])
++                      have_lz4=yes],
++                      have_lz4=no)])
+         AS_IF([test "x$have_lz4" = xno -a "x$enable_lz4" = xyes],
+               [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** LZ4 support requested but libraries not found])])
+ ])
+-- 
+2.9.3
+
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 569749d..d6d7964 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 Version:        231
-Release:        11%{?gitcommit:.git%{gitcommitshort}}%{?dist}
+Release:        12%{?gitcommit:.git%{gitcommitshort}}%{?dist}
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+
 Summary:        A System and Service Manager
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Patch0016: 0016-If-the-notification-message-length-is-0-ignore-the-m.patch
 Patch0017: 0017-pid1-don-t-return-any-error-in-manager_dispatch_noti.patch
 Patch0018: 0018-pid1-process-zero-length-notification-messages-again.patch
 Patch0019: 0019-shared-install-fix-set-default-with-empty-root-4118.patch
+Patch0020: 0020-build-sys-check-for-lz4-in-the-old-and-new-numbering.patch
 
 Patch0998:      0998-resolved-create-etc-resolv.conf-symlink-at-runtime.patch
 
@@ -949,6 +950,9 @@ getent passwd systemd-journal-upload >/dev/null 2>&1 || useradd -r -l -g systemd
 %{_mandir}/man[1578]/systemd-nspawn.*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 16 2017 Jan Synacek <jsynacek@redhat.com> - 231-12
+- Fix buildsystem to check for lz4 correctly (#1404406)
+
 * Wed Jan 11 2017 Jan Synáček <jsynacek@redhat.com> - 231-11
 - Fix: the systemd-nspawn manpage is not installed (#1411269)