diff --git a/buzztrax.changes b/buzztrax.changes
index a5258bb..12aef09 100644
--- a/buzztrax.changes
+++ b/buzztrax.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan  5 12:12:57 UTC 2018 - davejplater@gmail.com
+
+- Fix build against fluidsynth-1.1.9 by adding workaround flag
+  -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations. Reported upstream:
+  https://github.com/Buzztrax/buzztrax/issues/74
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 30 15:58:00 UTC 2017 - davejplater@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/buzztrax.spec b/buzztrax.spec
index 4698f59..ac978a4 100644
--- a/buzztrax.spec
+++ b/buzztrax.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package buzztrax
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 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
@@ -217,9 +217,11 @@ export CC=gcc-7
 export CPP=cpp-7
 export CXX=g++-7
 %endif
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
 %if 0%{?gcc_version} >= 7
-export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-error=format-truncation= -Wno-error=format-overflow="
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-error=format-truncation= -Wno-error=format-overflow="
 %endif
+
 /bin/sh ./autogen.sh --noconfigure
 %configure --disable-static \
     --disable-schemas-compile \