diff --git a/digikam-4.4.0-fix-libkexiv2-version-for-AltLangStrEdit-textEdit.patch b/digikam-4.4.0-fix-libkexiv2-version-for-AltLangStrEdit-textEdit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d61cca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/digikam-4.4.0-fix-libkexiv2-version-for-AltLangStrEdit-textEdit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From f6945f23e0ed1e11f26e2c7e62b02baa8cfa640e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>
+Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 22:26:19 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fix libkexiv2 version for AltLangStrEdit::textEdit()
+
+it is part of current libkexiv2/master only (i.e. post 4.14.x, which
+is 2.3.x)
+---
+ libs/imageproperties/captionedit.cpp      | 2 +-
+ libs/imageproperties/imagedescedittab.cpp | 6 +++---
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libs/imageproperties/captionedit.cpp b/libs/imageproperties/captionedit.cpp
+index 88413fc..70bdb6d 100644
+--- a/libs/imageproperties/captionedit.cpp
++++ b/libs/imageproperties/captionedit.cpp
+@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void CaptionEdit::slotAuthorChanged(const QString& text)
+ 
+ MsgTextEdit* CaptionEdit::textEdit() const
+ {
+-#if KEXIV2_VERSION >= 0x020302
++#if KEXIV2_VERSION >= 0x020400
+     return d->altLangStrEdit->textEdit();
+ #else
+     return 0;
+diff --git a/libs/imageproperties/imagedescedittab.cpp b/libs/imageproperties/imagedescedittab.cpp
+index ebfbae1..3d12777 100644
+--- a/libs/imageproperties/imagedescedittab.cpp
++++ b/libs/imageproperties/imagedescedittab.cpp
+@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ ImageDescEditTab::ImageDescEditTab(QWidget* const parent)
+ 
+     // Initialize ---------------------------------------------
+ 
+-#if KEXIV2_VERSION >= 0x020302
++#if KEXIV2_VERSION >= 0x020400
+     d->titleEdit->textEdit()->installEventFilter(this);
+     d->captionsEdit->textEdit()->installEventFilter(this);
+ #endif
+@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void ImageDescEditTab::setFocusToNewTagEdit()
+ void ImageDescEditTab::setFocusToTitlesEdit()
+ {
+     d->tabWidget->setCurrentIndex(Private::DESCRIPTIONS);
+-#if KEXIV2_VERSION >= 0x020302
++#if KEXIV2_VERSION >= 0x020400
+     d->titleEdit->textEdit()->setFocus();
+ #endif
+ }
+@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ void ImageDescEditTab::setFocusToTitlesEdit()
+ void ImageDescEditTab::setFocusToCommentsEdit()
+ {
+     d->tabWidget->setCurrentIndex(Private::DESCRIPTIONS);
+-#if KEXIV2_VERSION >= 0x020302
++#if KEXIV2_VERSION >= 0x020400
+     d->captionsEdit->textEdit()->setFocus();
+ #endif
+ }
+-- 
+1.8.4.5
+
diff --git a/digikam.changes b/digikam.changes
index 76f4eef..0988803 100644
--- a/digikam.changes
+++ b/digikam.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 16 16:24:52 UTC 2014 - nico.kruber@gmail.com
+
+- add digikam-4.4.0-fix-libkexiv2-version-for-AltLangStrEdit-textEdit.patch
+  (fixes builds with KDE 4.14.x)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 12 12:53:18 UTC 2014 - nico.kruber@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/digikam.spec b/digikam.spec
index 5c9bf00..c6b7234 100644
--- a/digikam.spec
+++ b/digikam.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Patch3:         remove-gplv2-only.patch
 Patch5:         digikam_no_build_vkontakte.diff
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM digikam-4.4.0.no-kdcraw.version-check.patch -- version check for libkdcraw currently broken
 Patch6:         digikam-4.4.0.no-kdcraw.version-check.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM digikam-4.4.0-fix-libkexiv2-version-for-AltLangStrEdit-textEdit.patch -- fix libkexiv2 version for AltLangStrEdit::textEdit()
+Patch7:         digikam-4.4.0-fix-libkexiv2-version-for-AltLangStrEdit-textEdit.patch
 BuildRequires:  ImageMagick-devel
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ This package contains the development files for libmediawiki.
 %patch3
 %patch5
 %patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -d core -p1
 
 # Remove build time references so build-compare can do its work
 FAKE_BUILDDATE=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -r %{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes '+%%b %%e %%Y')