diff --git a/bash-4.3-perl522.patch b/bash-4.3-perl522.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6024e338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash-4.3-perl522.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From: coolo@suse.com
+
+perl 5.22 makes the long deprecated defined(@array) an hard
+error
+
+--- support/texi2html
++++ support/texi2html
+@@ -4855,9 +4855,9 @@ sub update_sec_num {
+     my $ret;
+ 
+     $level--; # here we start at 0
+-    if ($name =~ /^appendix/ || defined(@appendix_sec_num)) {
++    if ($name =~ /^appendix/ || @appendix_sec_num) {
+ 	# appendix style
+-	if (defined(@appendix_sec_num)) {
++	if (@appendix_sec_num) {
+ 	    &incr_sec_num($level, @appendix_sec_num);
+ 	} else {
+ 	    @appendix_sec_num = ('A', 0, 0, 0);
+@@ -4865,7 +4865,7 @@ sub update_sec_num {
+ 	$ret = join('.', @appendix_sec_num[0..$level]);
+     } else {
+ 	# normal style
+-	if (defined(@normal_sec_num)) 
++	if (@normal_sec_num) 
+ 	{
+ 	  &incr_sec_num($level, @normal_sec_num);
+ 	} 
diff --git a/bash.changes b/bash.changes
index ec4b5bb9..4eeff1c9 100644
--- a/bash.changes
+++ b/bash.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul  1 08:31:09 UTC 2015 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add bash-4.3-perl522.patch to fix texi2html for perl 5.22
+  (defined(@array) has been deprecated since at least 2012)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 28 08:50:30 UTC 2015 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/bash.spec b/bash.spec
index 24d5e82a..0b4083b7 100644
--- a/bash.spec
+++ b/bash.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package bash
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Patch30:        readline-6.3-destdir.patch
 Patch31:        readline-6.3-rltrace.patch
 Patch40:        bash-4.1-bash.bashrc.dif
 Patch46:        man2html-no-timestamp.patch
+Patch47:        bash-4.3-perl522.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE
 Patch48:        bash-4.3-extra-import-func.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ done
 %patch31 -p0 -b .tmp
 %patch40 -p0 -b .bashrc
 %patch46 -p0 -b .notimestamp
+%patch47 -p0 -b .perl522
 %if %{with import_function}
 %patch48
 %endif