diff --git a/12.patch b/12.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48448bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/12.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From e2c9854408bc0b45206336060e28603de3371c99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net>
+Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:17:38 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fix Trying to access array offset on value of type int
+
+---
+ XML/Util.php               |  2 +-
+ tests/IsValidNameTests.php | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/XML/Util.php b/XML/Util.php
+index df37e07..1ba45ac 100644
+--- a/XML/Util.php
++++ b/XML/Util.php
+@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ public static function splitQualifiedName($qname, $defaultNs = null)
+     public static function isValidName($string)
+     {
+         // check for invalid chars
+-        if (!preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]_]\\z/', $string[0])) {
++        if (!is_string($string) || !strlen($string) || !preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]_]\\z/', $string[0])) {
+             return XML_Util::raiseError(
+                 'XML names may only start with letter or underscore',
+                 XML_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_START
+
diff --git a/php-pear.spec b/php-pear.spec
index 1502ac6..00708f3 100644
--- a/php-pear.spec
+++ b/php-pear.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 Summary: PHP Extension and Application Repository framework
 Name: php-pear
 Version: 1.10.10
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 # PEAR, PEAR_Manpages, Archive_Tar, XML_Util, Console_Getopt are BSD
 # Structures_Graph is LGPLv3+
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Source23: http://pear.php.net/get/Structures_Graph-%{structver}.tgz
 Source24: http://pear.php.net/get/XML_Util-%{xmlutil}.tgz
 Source25: http://pear.php.net/get/PEAR_Manpages-%{manpages}.tgz
 
+Patch0:   https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/pear/XML_Util/pull/12.patch
+
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: php(language) > 5.4
 BuildRequires: php-cli
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ install -m 644 -D macros.pear \
 
 # apply patches on installed PEAR tree
 pushd %{buildroot}%{peardir}
-: no patch
+patch -p1 < %{PATCH0}
 popd
 
 # Why this file here ?
@@ -258,10 +260,9 @@ phpunit \
    AllTests || ret=1
 
 cd %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/tests/pear/XML_Util/tests
-%{_bindir}/php \
-   %{buildroot}/usr/share/pear/pearcmd.php \
-   run-tests \
-   | tee $LOG
+phpunit \
+   --bootstrap=/usr/share/pear/XML/Util/autoload.php \
+   --test-suffix .php . || ret=1
 
 cd %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/tests/pear/Console_Getopt/tests
 %{_bindir}/php \
@@ -333,6 +334,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 12 2019 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 1:1.10.10-5
+- add patch for XML_Util and PHP 7.4 from
+  https://github.com/pear/XML_Util/pull/12
+
 * Fri Dec  6 2019 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 1:1.10.10-4
 - update XML_Util to 1.4.4
 - drop patch merged upstream