diff --git a/crash.spec b/crash.spec
index 9ba2114..4392ec2 100644
--- a/crash.spec
+++ b/crash.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 Summary: Kernel analysis utility for live systems, netdump, diskdump, kdump, LKCD or mcore dumpfiles
 Name: crash
-Version: 5.1.5
+Version: 5.1.7
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: Development/Debuggers
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ExclusiveArch: %{ix86} ia64 x86_64 ppc64 s390 s390x %{arm}
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel zlib-devel
 Requires: binutils
+Patch0: ppc64-unused-but-set-variable.patch
 
 %description
 The core analysis suite is a self-contained tool that can be used to
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ offered by Mission Critical Linux, or the LKCD kernel patch.
 
 %prep
 %setup -n %{name}-%{version} -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b ppc64-unused-but-set-variable.patch
 
 %build
 make RPMPKG="%{version}-%{release}" CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
@@ -62,6 +64,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_includedir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 17 2011 Dave Anderson <anderson@redhat.com> - 5.1.7-1
+- Update to latest upstream release
+- Fixes for gcc-4.6 -Werror compile failures for ppc64/ppc.
+
 * Tue May 31 2011 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com> - 5.1.5-1
 - Update to latest upstream release
 - Add ARM to the Exclusive arch