diff --git a/freetype-2.8-pcf-encoding.patch b/freetype-2.8-pcf-encoding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd1c706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freetype-2.8-pcf-encoding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+From 082f2faf5007812bac6a1f783c7dcc6f49d761fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
+Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 07:40:46 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] [bdf, pcf] Support ISO646.1991-IRV character encoding (aka
+ ASCII).
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Problem reported by Marek Kašík <mkasik@redhat.com>, cf.
+
+  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451795
+
+* src/bdf/bdfdrivr.c (BDF_Face_Init), src/pcf/pcfdrivr.c
+(PCF_Face_Init): Implement it.
+---
+ ChangeLog          | 11 +++++++++++
+ src/bdf/bdfdrivr.c |  6 +++++-
+ src/pcf/pcfdrivr.c |  6 +++++-
+ 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/bdf/bdfdrivr.c b/src/bdf/bdfdrivr.c
+index a2242be0..c0a5a5c5 100644
+--- a/src/bdf/bdfdrivr.c
++++ b/src/bdf/bdfdrivr.c
+@@ -545,7 +545,11 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
+               if ( !ft_strcmp( s, "10646" )                      ||
+                    ( !ft_strcmp( s, "8859" ) &&
+                      !ft_strcmp( face->charset_encoding, "1" ) ) )
+-              unicode_charmap = 1;
++                unicode_charmap = 1;
++              /* another name for ASCII */
++              else if ( !ft_strcmp( s, "646.1991" )                 &&
++                        !ft_strcmp( face->charset_encoding, "IRV" ) )
++                unicode_charmap = 1;
+             }
+ 
+             {
+diff --git a/src/pcf/pcfdrivr.c b/src/pcf/pcfdrivr.c
+index 9f4d36d1..50530941 100644
+--- a/src/pcf/pcfdrivr.c
++++ b/src/pcf/pcfdrivr.c
+@@ -387,7 +387,11 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
+           if ( !ft_strcmp( s, "10646" )                      ||
+                ( !ft_strcmp( s, "8859" ) &&
+                  !ft_strcmp( face->charset_encoding, "1" ) ) )
+-          unicode_charmap = 1;
++            unicode_charmap = 1;
++          /* another name for ASCII */
++          else if ( !ft_strcmp( s, "646.1991" )                 &&
++                    !ft_strcmp( face->charset_encoding, "IRV" ) )
++            unicode_charmap = 1;
+         }
+       }
+ 
+-- 
+2.13.0
+
diff --git a/freetype.spec b/freetype.spec
index fbcbc36..0ad1cdf 100644
--- a/freetype.spec
+++ b/freetype.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: A free and portable font rendering engine
 Name: freetype
 Version: 2.8
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: (FTL or GPLv2+) and BSD and MIT and Public Domain and zlib with acknowledgement
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.freetype.org
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Patch2:  freetype-2.5.2-more-demos.patch
 
 Patch3:  freetype-2.6.5-libtool.patch
 
+Patch4:  freetype-2.8-pcf-encoding.patch
+
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: libpng-devel
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ pushd ft2demos-%{version}
 popd
 
 %patch3 -p1 -b .libtool
+%patch4 -p1 -b .pcf-encoding
 
 %build
 
@@ -196,6 +199,10 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.{a,la}
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 24 2017 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 2.8-2
+- Accept ISO646.1991-IRV as a Unicode charmap in PCF and BDF drivers
+- Resolves: #1451795
+
 * Wed May 17 2017 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 2.8-1
 - Update to 2.8
 - Modify/remove patches as needed