diff --git a/socket_wrapper-1.1.7-fix_open_prototype_for_ppc64le.patch b/socket_wrapper-1.1.7-fix_open_prototype_for_ppc64le.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a1698b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/socket_wrapper-1.1.7-fix_open_prototype_for_ppc64le.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From bbbea2289e11ba9f2381d90e761260fbdf651e1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>
+Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 13:21:59 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] swrap: Fix prototype of open[64] to prevent segfault on
+ ppc64le
+
+The calling conventions for vaarg are different on ppc64le. The patch
+fixes segfaults on that platform.
+
+Thanks to Florian Weimer who helped debugging it!
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>
+---
+ src/socket_wrapper.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: socket_wrapper-1.1.7/src/socket_wrapper.c
+===================================================================
+--- socket_wrapper-1.1.7.orig/src/socket_wrapper.c
++++ socket_wrapper-1.1.7/src/socket_wrapper.c
+@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ struct swrap_libc_fns {
+ 			       socklen_t *optlen);
+ 	int (*libc_ioctl)(int d, unsigned long int request, ...);
+ 	int (*libc_listen)(int sockfd, int backlog);
+-	int (*libc_open)(const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode);
++	int (*libc_open)(const char *pathname, int flags, ...);
+ 	int (*libc_pipe)(int pipefd[2]);
+ 	int (*libc_read)(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
+ 	ssize_t (*libc_readv)(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
diff --git a/socket_wrapper.spec b/socket_wrapper.spec
index 68fee3e..c47f052 100644
--- a/socket_wrapper.spec
+++ b/socket_wrapper.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           socket_wrapper
 Version:        1.1.7
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 
 License:        BSD
 Summary:        A library passing all socket communications through Unix sockets
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Url:            http://cwrap.org/
 
 Source0:        https://ftp.samba.org/pub/cwrap/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+Patch0:         socket_wrapper-1.1.7-fix_open_prototype_for_ppc64le.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  libcmocka-devel >= 0.4.1
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ This package doesn't have a devel package because this project is for
 development/testing.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 if test ! -e "obj"; then
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ popd
 %check
 pushd obj
 ctest -V
+
+LD_PRELOAD=src/libsocket_wrapper.so bash -c '>/dev/null'
+
 popd
 
 %files
@@ -68,6 +73,9 @@ popd
 %{_mandir}/man1/socket_wrapper.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 02 2017 Andreas Schneider <asn@redhat.com> - 1.1.7-4
+- resolves: #1465147 - Fix socket_wrapper on ppc64le
+
 * Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.7-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild