--- a/PKGBUILD	2018-04-04 12:52:35.771273425 +0200
+++ b/PKGBUILD	2018-04-04 17:35:11.302666425 +0200
@@ -15,9 +15,17 @@ url="http://aspell.net/"
 license=('LGPL')
 depends=('gcc-libs' 'ncurses')
 optdepends=('perl: to import old dictionaries')
-source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz)
-md5sums=('e66a9c9af6a60dc46134fdacf6ce97d7')
-sha1sums=('ff1190db8de279f950c242c6f4c5d5cdc2cbdc49')
+source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz
+        https://github.com/GNUAspell/aspell/commit/8089fa02122fed0a6394eba14bbedcb1d18e238.patch)
+md5sums=('e66a9c9af6a60dc46134fdacf6ce97d7'
+         '5f81982bf5ba10d8f23e8086dfcca867')
+sha1sums=('ff1190db8de279f950c242c6f4c5d5cdc2cbdc49'
+          'df5364a8472154452f4e1fe9db0891df457949e0')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  patch -Np1 -i ../8089fa02122fed0a6394eba14bbedcb1d18e238.patch
+}
 
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"