diff --git a/vdr-epg2vdr-mariadb-fix-build.patch b/vdr-epg2vdr-mariadb-fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72d868b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vdr-epg2vdr-mariadb-fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff -Naur vdr-plugin-epg2vdr-1.1.73-ORIG/lib/db.c vdr-plugin-epg2vdr-1.1.73/lib/db.c
+--- vdr-plugin-epg2vdr-1.1.73-ORIG/lib/db.c	2017-07-14 17:23:56.366839376 +0200
++++ vdr-plugin-epg2vdr-1.1.73/lib/db.c	2017-07-14 17:59:34.634451604 +0200
+@@ -1379,11 +1379,19 @@
+ 
+    if (error == CR_SERVER_LOST ||
+        error == CR_SERVER_GONE_ERROR ||
++// for compatibility with newer versions of MariaDB library
++#ifdef CR_INVALID_CONN_HANDLE
+        error == CR_INVALID_CONN_HANDLE ||
++#endif
+        error == CR_COMMANDS_OUT_OF_SYNC ||
+        error == CR_SERVER_LOST_EXTENDED ||
+        error == CR_STMT_CLOSED ||
++// for compatibility with newer versions of MariaDB library
++#ifdef CR_CONN_UNKNOW_PROTOCOL
+        error == CR_CONN_UNKNOW_PROTOCOL ||
++#else
++       error == CR_CONN_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL ||
++#endif
+        error == CR_UNSUPPORTED_PARAM_TYPE ||
+        error == CR_NO_PREPARE_STMT ||
+        error == CR_SERVER_HANDSHAKE_ERR ||
diff --git a/vdr-epg2vdr.spec b/vdr-epg2vdr.spec
index 929357b..ab78252 100644
--- a/vdr-epg2vdr.spec
+++ b/vdr-epg2vdr.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 Name:           vdr-epg2vdr
 Version:        1.1.73
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        A plugin to retrieve EPG data from a mysql database into VDR
 
 Group:          Applications/Multimedia
 License:        GPL+
 URL:            http://projects.vdr-developer.org/git/vdr-plugin-epg2vdr.git
 Source0:        https://projects.vdr-developer.org/git/vdr-plugin-epg2vdr.git/snapshot/vdr-plugin-epg2vdr-%{version}.tar.bz2
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1298505
+Patch0:         %{name}-mariadb-fix-build.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  sqlite-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ was loaded from a mysql database.
 iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 README > README.utf8 ; mv README.utf8 README
 # disable AUX patch
 sed -i -e 's|WITH_AUX_PATCH = 1|#WITH_AUX_PATCH = 1|' Make.config
+%patch0 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ chmod 0755 %{buildroot}/%{vdr_plugindir}/libvdr-*.so.%{vdr_apiversion}
 %{vdr_plugindir}/libvdr-*.so.%{vdr_apiversion}
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 20 2017 Martin Gansser <martinkg@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.73-2
+- Add %%{name}-mariadb-fix-build.patch fixes (BZ#1298505).
+
 * Thu Jun 29 2017 Martin Gansser <martinkg@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.73-1
 - Update to 1.1.73