diff --git a/libxml2-2.9.5-Report-undefined-XPath-variable-error-message.patch b/libxml2-2.9.5-Report-undefined-XPath-variable-error-message.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b62d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxml2-2.9.5-Report-undefined-XPath-variable-error-message.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+From 3157cf4e53c03bc3da604472c015c63141907db8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nick Wellnhofer <wellnhofer@aevum.de>
+Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:13:29 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Report undefined XPath variable error message
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Commit c851970 removed a redundant error message if XPath evaluation
+failed. This uncovered a case where an undefined XPath variable error
+wasn't reported correctly.
+
+Thanks to Petr Pisar for the report.
+
+Fixes bug 787941.
+
+Signed-off-by: Petr Písař <ppisar@redhat.com>
+---
+ xpath.c | 12 ++++--------
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/xpath.c b/xpath.c
+index 2c1b2681..94815075 100644
+--- a/xpath.c
++++ b/xpath.c
+@@ -13531,10 +13531,8 @@ xmlXPathCompOpEval(xmlXPathParserContextPtr ctxt, xmlXPathStepOpPtr op)
+                         xmlXPathCompOpEval(ctxt, &comp->steps[op->ch1]);
+                 if (op->value5 == NULL) {
+ 		    val = xmlXPathVariableLookup(ctxt->context, op->value4);
+-		    if (val == NULL) {
+-			ctxt->error = XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR;
+-			return(0);
+-		    }
++		    if (val == NULL)
++			XP_ERROR0(XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR);
+                     valuePush(ctxt, val);
+ 		} else {
+                     const xmlChar *URI;
+@@ -13549,10 +13547,8 @@ xmlXPathCompOpEval(xmlXPathParserContextPtr ctxt, xmlXPathStepOpPtr op)
+                     }
+ 		    val = xmlXPathVariableLookupNS(ctxt->context,
+                                                        op->value4, URI);
+-		    if (val == NULL) {
+-			ctxt->error = XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR;
+-			return(0);
+-		    }
++		    if (val == NULL)
++			XP_ERROR0(XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR);
+                     valuePush(ctxt, val);
+                 }
+                 return (total);
+-- 
+2.13.5
+
diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index cad04f5..f0c1a2a 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Library providing XML and HTML support
 Name: libxml2
 Version: 2.9.5
-Release: 1%{?dist}%{?extra_release}
+Release: 2%{?dist}%{?extra_release}
 License: MIT
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Patch1: libxml2-2.9.0-do-not-check-crc.patch
 # In python3.6 _PyVerify_fd is no more
 #  http://bugs.python.org/issue23524
 Patch2: libxml2-2.9.4-remove-pyverify_fd.patch
+# Fix reporting error about undefined XPath variables, bug #1493613,
+# Gnome bug #787941, fixed in upstream after 2.9.5
+Patch3: libxml2-2.9.5-Report-undefined-XPath-variable-error-message.patch
 
 %description
 This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ at parse time or later once the document has been modified.
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 25
 %patch2 -p1
 %endif
+%patch3 -p1
 
 mkdir py3doc
 cp doc/*.py py3doc
@@ -218,6 +222,9 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 22 2017 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 2.9.5-2
+- Fix reporting error about undefined XPath variables (bug #1493613)
+
 * Mon Sep  4 2017 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com> - 2.9.5-1
 - update to 2.9.5