diff --git a/0001-Fix-assertion-failure-in-the-freetype-backend.patch b/0001-Fix-assertion-failure-in-the-freetype-backend.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f891dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Fix-assertion-failure-in-the-freetype-backend.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 7554822dd0b52d33ec7898e81b59e97164b00142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Uli Schlachter <psychon@znc.in>
+Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 09:37:06 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix assertion failure in the freetype backend
+
+Fonts are kept in a hash table, so when creating a new font, the code
+first checks the hash table for an already-existing entry and only then
+is a new instance really created. There is an assert that checks that
+the key used for the hash table lookup is the same as the instance that
+is created later has, because otherwise the hash table was checked
+incorrectly.
+
+This assert failed in some conditions.
+
+Fix this by fixing some places that initialised ft hash keys in a wrong
+way.
+
+Patch by Behdad Esfahbod and submitted via bugzilla.
+
+Source: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105746#c4
+Fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105746
+Signed-off-by: Uli Schlachter <psychon@znc.in>
+---
+ src/cairo-ft-font.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/cairo-ft-font.c b/src/cairo-ft-font.c
+index 79aef78f5b0d..9b10708988d7 100644
+--- a/src/cairo-ft-font.c
++++ b/src/cairo-ft-font.c
+@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_init (cairo_ft_unscaled_font_t *unscaled,
+ 
+     if (from_face) {
+ 	unscaled->from_face = TRUE;
+-	_cairo_ft_unscaled_font_init_key (unscaled, TRUE, NULL, face->face_index, face);
++	_cairo_ft_unscaled_font_init_key (unscaled, TRUE, NULL, id, face);
+ 
+ 
+         unscaled->have_color = FT_HAS_COLOR (face) != 0;
+@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static cairo_status_t
+ _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_create_from_face (FT_Face face,
+ 					  cairo_ft_unscaled_font_t **out)
+ {
+-    return _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_create_internal (TRUE, NULL, 0, face, out);
++    return _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_create_internal (TRUE, NULL, face->face_index, face, out);
+ }
+ 
+ static cairo_bool_t
+-- 
+2.17.0
+
diff --git a/cairo.spec b/cairo.spec
index 58f908c..8b9e960 100644
--- a/cairo.spec
+++ b/cairo.spec
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@
 
 Name:		cairo
 Version:	1.15.12
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Summary:	A 2D graphics library
 
 License:	LGPLv2 or MPLv1.1
 URL:		http://cairographics.org
 Source0:	http://cairographics.org/snapshots/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+# Backported from upstream
+Patch0:         0001-Fix-assertion-failure-in-the-freetype-backend.patch
+
 Patch3:         cairo-multilib.patch
 
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
@@ -88,8 +91,7 @@ This package contains tools for working with the cairo graphics library.
  * cairo-trace: Record cairo library calls for later playback
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
-%patch3 -p1 -b .multilib
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static	\
@@ -173,6 +175,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -delete
 %{_libdir}/cairo/
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 21 2018 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1.15.12-2
+- Fix assertion failure in the freetype backend (#1567633)
+
 * Thu Apr 12 2018 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1.15.12-1
 - Update to 1.15.12