diff --git a/uqm.spec b/uqm.spec
index bea4ab5..8825baa 100644
--- a/uqm.spec
+++ b/uqm.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           uqm
 Version:        0.7.0
-Release:        14%{?dist}
+Release:        15%{?dist}
 Summary:        The Ur-Quan Masters, a port of the classic game Star Control II
 
 Group:          Amusements/Games
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ version of Star Control II, with their permission and encouragement.
 find -type d -name CVS -exec rm -rf {} ';'
 %patch0 -p0
 
+#rename internal strings.h file to fix FTBFS.
+cd src/uqm/comm/
+for d in */ ; do
+        cd $d
+        mv strings.h ustrings.h
+        cd ..
+done
+find . -type f -name '*.c' | xargs sed -i s/strings.h/ustrings.h/g
+find . -type f -name '*.h' | xargs sed -i s/STRINGS/USTRINGS/g
 
 %build
 echo INPUT_install_sharedir_VALUE=%{_datadir} > config.state
@@ -131,6 +140,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 23 2018 Gwyn Ciesla <limburgher@gmail.com> - 0.7.0-15
+- Rename internal strings.h to fix FTBFS.
+
 * Thu Aug 03 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.0-14
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild