diff --git a/0001-Revert-e4e74c2751.patch b/0001-Revert-e4e74c2751.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efd642b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Revert-e4e74c2751.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+From b806a5491c0a0fec021844f85fb880f34b480161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:21:15 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert e4e74c2751
+
+To confirm it 'fixes' #1829 / RHBZ#1689037
+
+Signed-off-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/hb-graphite2.cc | 28 +---------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 27 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/hb-graphite2.cc b/src/hb-graphite2.cc
+index 9588fa4d..40ac9061 100644
+--- a/src/hb-graphite2.cc
++++ b/src/hb-graphite2.cc
+@@ -106,32 +106,6 @@ retry:
+   return d;
+ }
+ 
+-static void hb_graphite2_release_table(const void *data, const void *table_buffer)
+-{
+-  hb_graphite2_face_data_t *face_data = (hb_graphite2_face_data_t *) data;
+-  hb_graphite2_tablelist_t *tlist = face_data->tlist;
+-
+-  hb_graphite2_tablelist_t *prev = nullptr;
+-  hb_graphite2_tablelist_t *curr = tlist;
+-  while (curr)
+-  {
+-    if (hb_blob_get_data(curr->blob, nullptr) == table_buffer)
+-    {
+-      if (prev == nullptr)
+-        face_data->tlist.cmpexch(tlist, curr->next);
+-      else
+-        prev->next = curr->next;
+-      hb_blob_destroy(curr->blob);
+-      free(curr);
+-      break;
+-    }
+-    prev = curr;
+-    curr = curr->next;
+-  }
+-}
+-
+-static gr_face_ops hb_graphite2_face_ops = { sizeof(gr_face_ops), hb_graphite2_get_table, hb_graphite2_release_table };
+-
+ hb_graphite2_face_data_t *
+ _hb_graphite2_shaper_face_data_create (hb_face_t *face)
+ {
+@@ -150,7 +124,7 @@ _hb_graphite2_shaper_face_data_create (hb_face_t *face)
+     return nullptr;
+ 
+   data->face = face;
+-  data->grface = gr_make_face_with_ops (data, &hb_graphite2_face_ops, gr_face_preloadAll);
++  data->grface = gr_make_face (data, &hb_graphite2_get_table, gr_face_preloadAll);
+ 
+   if (unlikely (!data->grface)) {
+     free (data);
+-- 
+2.22.0
+
diff --git a/harfbuzz.spec b/harfbuzz.spec
index ca91fdb..a5caf56 100644
--- a/harfbuzz.spec
+++ b/harfbuzz.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 Name:           harfbuzz
 Version:        2.5.3
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Text shaping library
 
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz
 Source0:        http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-%{version}.tar.xz
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1689037
+# https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/1829
+# Hand-revert the commit that causes the above bug. This means we're
+# using a deprecated graphite API, but it also means anaconda doesn't
+# just suddenly die right after startup occasionally. Drop this when
+# upstream has a proper fix. The function used here was marked
+# deprecated in 1.3.12; as of 2019-07 Rawhide is on 1.3.10, if it gets
+# to 1.3.12 while this patch is still in place, we may need to pass
+# -Wno-deprecated-declarations for build to work
+Patch0:         0001-Revert-e4e74c2751.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  cairo-devel
 BuildRequires:  freetype-devel
@@ -36,7 +46,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 This package contains Harfbuzz ICU support library.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup
+%autosetup -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -84,6 +94,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 %{_libdir}/libharfbuzz-icu.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 12 2019 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 2.5.3-2
+- Revert the offending commit to avoid RHBZ #1689037
+
 * Thu Jun 27 2019 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 2.5.3-1
 - Update to 2.5.3 version (#1724317)