diff --git a/libmemcached-awesome-config.patch b/libmemcached-awesome-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ec63ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libmemcached-awesome-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From 8b3a224e03457bfab11f0974114f28b2ba7a568f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net>
+Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:02:24 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix #116 add configure.h for libmemcachedprotocol
+
+---
+ .../libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/CMakeLists.txt   |  1 +
+ .../libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/configure.h.in   | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
+ include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/handler.h    |  1 +
+ 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/configure.h.in
+
+diff --git a/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/CMakeLists.txt b/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/CMakeLists.txt
+index 6d4fb220..71b4f260 100644
+--- a/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
+ install_public_headers(
+         libmemcachedprotocol-0.0
+ 
++        @configure.h
+         binary.h
+         callback.h
+         handler.h
+diff --git a/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/configure.h.in b/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/configure.h.in
+new file mode 100644
+index 00000000..f4d77c28
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/configure.h.in
+@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
++/*
++    +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
++    | libmemcached-awesome - C/C++ Client Library for memcached          |
++    +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
++    | Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
++    | modification, are permitted under the terms of the BSD license.    |
++    | You should have received a copy of the license in a bundled file   |
++    | named LICENSE; in case you did not receive a copy you can review   |
++    | the terms online at: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause  |
++    +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
++    | Copyright (c) 2006-2014 Brian Aker   https://datadifferential.com/ |
++    | Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Michael Wallner        https://awesome.co/ |
++    +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
++*/
++
++#pragma once
++
++#cmakedefine HAVE_SSIZE_T 1
++
+diff --git a/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/handler.h b/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/handler.h
+index 04e47acf..3b576d02 100644
+--- a/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/handler.h
++++ b/include/libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/handler.h
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
+ 
+ #pragma once
+ 
++#include "libmemcachedprotocol-0.0/configure.h"
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #ifndef HAVE_SSIZE_T
+ typedef long int ssize_t;
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/libmemcached-awesome.spec b/libmemcached-awesome.spec
index 6bd7814..02e71a0 100644
--- a/libmemcached-awesome.spec
+++ b/libmemcached-awesome.spec
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@
 Name:      %{libname}-awesome
 Summary:   Client library and command line tools for memcached server
 Version:   %{upstream_version}%{?upstream_prever:~%{upstream_prever}}
-Release:   4%{?dist}
+Release:   5%{?dist}
 License:   BSD
 URL:       https://github.com/%{gh_owner}/%{gh_project}
 Source0:   https://github.com/%{gh_owner}/%{gh_project}/archive/%{gh_commit}/%{gh_project}-%{version}-%{gh_short}.tar.gz
 
 Patch0:    %{name}-catch.patch
 Patch1:    %{name}-aes.patch
+Patch2:    %{name}-config.patch
 
 BuildRequires: cmake >= 3.9
 BuildRequires: gcc
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ memtouch    Touches a key
 %setup -q -n %{gh_project}-%{gh_commit}
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 # drop test hanging in mock
 # and requiring some memcached build options
@@ -183,6 +185,10 @@ rm -r %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}/
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 26 2021 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 1.1.0-5
+- fix missing HAVE_SSIZE_T macro using patch from
+  https://github.com/awesomized/libmemcached/pull/117
+
 * Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.0-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild