diff --git a/enchant-hunspell-1.4.0.patch b/enchant-hunspell-1.4.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f1ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enchant-hunspell-1.4.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Index: enchant-1.6.0/src/myspell/myspell_checker.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- enchant-1.6.0.orig/src/myspell/myspell_checker.cpp
++++ enchant-1.6.0/src/myspell/myspell_checker.cpp
+@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ MySpellChecker::~MySpellChecker()
+ 		g_iconv_close(m_translate_out);
+ }
+ 
++#ifndef MAXWORDLEN
++#   define MAXWORDLEN 100
++#endif
++
+ bool
+ MySpellChecker::checkWord(const char *utf8Word, size_t len)
+ {
diff --git a/enchant.changes b/enchant.changes
index b9f9eef..ade61f1 100644
--- a/enchant.changes
+++ b/enchant.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May  2 06:51:04 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Add enchant-hunspell-1.4.0.patch: Fix build against
+  hunspell 1.4.0, where MAXWORDLEN is no longer exported.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 26 13:04:28 UTC 2013 - mmeister@suse.com
 
diff --git a/enchant.spec b/enchant.spec
index e5b1ce4..7abc041 100644
--- a/enchant.spec
+++ b/enchant.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package enchant
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 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
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Group:          Productivity/Text/Spell
 Url:            http://www.abisource.com/
 Source:         http://www.abisource.com/downloads/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        baselibs.conf
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM enchant-hunspell-1.4.0.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Fix build against hunspell 1.4.0, where WORDMAXLEN is no longer exported
+Patch0:         enchant-hunspell-1.4.0.patch
 BuildRequires:  aspell-devel
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-glib-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ to develop applications that require these.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --with-pic \