diff --git a/0001-fix-build-with-gtk-doc-1.27.patch b/0001-fix-build-with-gtk-doc-1.27.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ceeb23d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-fix-build-with-gtk-doc-1.27.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 1f48bf3f1fdc488158ce57f3aa595c4b127e93e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 16:57:59 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fix build with gtk-doc 1.27
+
+---
+ gtkdoc.py | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gtkdoc.py b/gtkdoc.py
+index 48f862a3..2abfd8e2 100644
+--- a/gtkdoc.py
++++ b/gtkdoc.py
+@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ class GTKDoc(object):
+             ldflags = ' "-L%s" %s ' % (self.library_path, additional_ldflags) + ldflags
+             current_ld_library_path = env.get('LD_LIBRARY_PATH')
+             if current_ld_library_path:
+-                env['RUN'] = 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH="%s:%s" ' % (self.library_path, current_ld_library_path)
++                env['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] = '%s:%s' % (self.library_path, current_ld_library_path)
+             else:
+-                env['RUN'] = 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH="%s" ' % self.library_path
++                env['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'] = '%s' % self.library_path
+ 
+         if ldflags:
+             env['LDFLAGS'] = '%s %s' % (ldflags, env.get('LDFLAGS', ''))
+-- 
+2.14.3
+
diff --git a/poppler.spec b/poppler.spec
index 36fc8de..0373cf9 100644
--- a/poppler.spec
+++ b/poppler.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Source1: %{name}-test-%{test_date}_%{test_sha}.tar.xz
 
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185007
 Patch0:  poppler-0.30.0-rotated-words-selection.patch
+Patch1:  0001-fix-build-with-gtk-doc-1.27.patch
 
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel