diff --git a/0001-SLF4j-1.7-upgrade.patch b/0001-SLF4j-1.7-upgrade.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad52634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-SLF4j-1.7-upgrade.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 43ff272e418b7c2699d60fc930d5c97d8a4ebd82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Marek Goldmann <marek.goldmann@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 14:26:35 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] SLF4j 1.7 upgrade
+
+---
+ src/main/java/org/jboss/logging/Slf4jLoggerProvider.java | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/logging/Slf4jLoggerProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/logging/Slf4jLoggerProvider.java
+index 0eedf16..4434838 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/logging/Slf4jLoggerProvider.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/logging/Slf4jLoggerProvider.java
+@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ final class Slf4jLoggerProvider extends AbstractLoggerProvider implements Logger
+ 
+     @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
+     public Map<String, Object> getMdcMap() {
+-        return MDC.getCopyOfContextMap();
++        return (Map) MDC.getCopyOfContextMap();
+     }
+ }
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/jboss-logging.spec b/jboss-logging.spec
index 36ff7ce..7874e20 100644
--- a/jboss-logging.spec
+++ b/jboss-logging.spec
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 
 Name:             jboss-logging
 Version:          3.1.4
-Release:          2%{?dist}
+Release:          3%{?dist}
 Summary:          The JBoss Logging Framework
 License:          ASL 2.0
 URL:              https://github.com/jboss-logging/jboss-logging
 Source0:          https://github.com/jboss-logging/jboss-logging/archive/%{namedversion}.tar.gz
 
+Patch0:           0001-SLF4j-1.7-upgrade.patch
+
 BuildArch:        noarch
 
 BuildRequires:    maven-local
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n jboss-logging-%{namedversion}
 
+%patch0 -p1
+
 %build
 %mvn_build -f
 
@@ -52,6 +56,9 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 %doc src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 01 2014 Marek Goldmann <mgoldman@redhat.com> - 3.1.4-3
+- Upgrade to SLF4j 1.7
+
 * Sat Jun 07 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.1.4-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild