diff --git a/enchant-0.4.3.patch b/enchant-0.4.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f320ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enchant-0.4.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+diff -up weechat-0.4.3/src/plugins/aspell/weechat-aspell.c.orig weechat-0.4.3/src/plugins/aspell/weechat-aspell.c
+--- weechat-0.4.3/src/plugins/aspell/weechat-aspell.c.orig	2014-04-09 11:51:10.699477733 -0500
++++ weechat-0.4.3/src/plugins/aspell/weechat-aspell.c	2014-04-09 11:42:24.537253180 -0500
+@@ -990,12 +990,13 @@ weechat_aspell_buffer_closed_cb (void *d
+ /*
+  * Display infos about external libraries used.
+  */
+-
++/*
+ int
+ weechat_aspell_debug_libs_cb (void *data, const char *signal,
+                               const char *type_data, void *signal_data)
+ {
+     /* make C compiler happy */
++/*
+     (void) data;
+     (void) signal;
+     (void) type_data;
+@@ -1012,9 +1013,9 @@ weechat_aspell_debug_libs_cb (void *data
+     weechat_printf (NULL, "  %s: aspell (?)", ASPELL_PLUGIN_NAME);
+ #endif
+ #endif /* USE_ENCHANT */
+-
++/*
+     return WEECHAT_RC_OK;
+-}
++}*/
+ 
+ /*
+  * Initializes aspell plugin.
+@@ -1066,8 +1067,8 @@ weechat_plugin_init (struct t_weechat_pl
+                          &weechat_aspell_window_switch_cb, NULL);
+     weechat_hook_signal ("buffer_closed",
+                          &weechat_aspell_buffer_closed_cb, NULL);
+-    weechat_hook_signal ("debug_libs",
+-                         &weechat_aspell_debug_libs_cb, NULL);
++    /*weechat_hook_signal ("debug_libs",
++                         &weechat_aspell_debug_libs_cb, NULL);*/
+ 
+     return WEECHAT_RC_OK;
+ }
diff --git a/weechat.spec b/weechat.spec
index 370cedb..f162148 100644
--- a/weechat.spec
+++ b/weechat.spec
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 Name:      weechat
 Summary:   Portable, fast, light and extensible IRC client
 Version:   0.4.3
-Release:   1%{?dist}
+Release:   2%{?dist}
 Source:    http://weechat.org/files/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 URL:       http://weechat.org
 Group:     Applications/Communications
 License:   GPLv3
 
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+Patch0:    enchant-0.4.3.patch
+%endif
+
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: docbook-style-xsl
 BuildRequires: enchant-devel
@@ -49,7 +53,9 @@ This package contains include files and pc file for weechat.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
-
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+%patch0 -p 1
+%endif
 
 %build
 mkdir build
@@ -93,6 +99,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 09 2014 Russell Golden <niveusluna@niveusluna.org> - 0.4.3-2
+- Build and patch for el6
+  - This is a _nasty_ hack intended solely to get the binary working.
+  - The binary does seem to work whether or not aspell is enabled.
+
 * Sun Feb 16 2014 Jamie Nguyen <jamielinux@fedoraproject.org> - 0.4.3-1
 - update to upstream release 0.4.3