diff --git a/libwpd.spec b/libwpd.spec
index 013fb63..286a320 100644
--- a/libwpd.spec
+++ b/libwpd.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ License: LGPL
 Requires: glib2 >= 2.0.0, libgsf >= 1.6.0
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= 2.0.0, libgsf-devel >= 1.6.0
 
+Patch0: libwpd-0.8.0-noendlessloop.patch
+
 %description
 Library that handles Word Perfect documents.
 
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ Includes and definitions for developing with libwpd.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b libwpd-0.8.0-noendlessloop.patch
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -66,6 +69,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_includedir}/libwpd-0.8/libwpd
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr  6 2005 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> 0.8.0-4
+- add libwpd devel provided patch for endless loops on some wpd documents
+
 * Wed Mar 30 2005 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> 0.8.0-3
 - rh#152503# add some Requires for -devel package