diff --git a/librsvg-vala.patch b/librsvg-vala.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d91a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/librsvg-vala.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up librsvg-2.37.0/configure.in.vala librsvg-2.37.0/configure.in
+--- librsvg-2.37.0/configure.in.vala	2013-01-15 21:07:11.264576371 -0500
++++ librsvg-2.37.0/configure.in	2013-01-15 21:07:17.638576143 -0500
+@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ fi
+ GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK([0.10.8])
+ 
+ # Vala bindings
+-VAPIGEN_CHECK([0.17.1.26],,,[no])
++VAPIGEN_CHECK([0.18.1],,,[auto])
+ 
+ dnl ===========================================================================
+ 
+diff -up librsvg-2.37.0/Rsvg-2.0-custom.vala librsvg-2.37.0/Rsvg-2.0-custom
diff --git a/librsvg2.spec b/librsvg2.spec
index fb8503a..93bdadf 100644
--- a/librsvg2.spec
+++ b/librsvg2.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 #VCS:           git:git://git.gnome.org/librsvg
 Source:         http://download.gnome.org/sources/librsvg/2.37/librsvg-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+# build with vala 0.18
+Patch0: librsvg-vala.patch
 
 Requires(post):   gdk-pixbuf2
 Requires(postun): gdk-pixbuf2
@@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ files to allow you to develop with librsvg.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n librsvg-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1 -b .vala
+
+autoreconf -i -f
 
 %build
 GDK_PIXBUF_QUERYLOADERS=/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-%{__isa_bits}