diff --git a/libdbus-c++-gcc7.patch b/libdbus-c++-gcc7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b8190a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdbus-c++-gcc7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Index: src/pipe.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- src/pipe.cpp.orig	2011-11-30 00:16:31.000000000 +0200
++++ src/pipe.cpp	2017-03-27 10:34:55.261175583 +0200
+@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ ssize_t Pipe::read(void *buffer, unsigne
+ void Pipe::signal()
+ {
+   // TODO: ignoring return of read/write generates warning; maybe relevant for eventloop work...
+-  ::write(_fd_write, '\0', 1);
++  ::write(_fd_write, 0, 1);
+ }
diff --git a/libdbus-c++.changes b/libdbus-c++.changes
index 16f8b3e..bd6388e 100644
--- a/libdbus-c++.changes
+++ b/libdbus-c++.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 27 15:23:02 UTC 2017 - davejplater@gmail.com
+
+- Fix gcc7 build with libdbus-c++-gcc7.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 16 18:04:30 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/libdbus-c++.spec b/libdbus-c++.spec
index 0ebea72..574501a 100644
--- a/libdbus-c++.spec
+++ b/libdbus-c++.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libdbus-c++
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 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
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@ Patch2:         libdbus-c++-nodocdatetime.patch
 Patch3:         libdbus-c++-gcc47.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM libdbus-c++-glibmm-2.43.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Fix build with glibmm2 2.43.x+
 Patch4:         libdbus-c++-glibmm-2.43.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM libdbus-c++-gcc7.patch davejplater@gmail.com -- Fix gcc7 build errors
+Patch5:         libdbus-c++-gcc7.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  graphviz
+BuildRequires:  graphviz-gnome
 BuildRequires:  gtkmm2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libexpat-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
@@ -85,7 +87,6 @@ Requires:       libdbus-c++-glib-1-0 = %{version}
 DBus-c++ provides a C++ API for D-BUS. The library has
 a glib and an ecore mainloop integration. It also offers an
 optional own main loop.
-
 This subpackage contains the files needed for building against
 libdbus-c++.
 
@@ -97,12 +98,21 @@ libdbus-c++.
 %patch2
 %patch3
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5
 
 %build
+# --enable-doxygen-docs  -fpermissive
 #./autogen.sh
+%if 1 == 0
+export CC=gcc-7
+export CPP=cpp-7
+export CXX=g++-7
+%endif
 export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lexpat -lpthread"
-%configure --disable-ecore --enable-doxygen-docs --enable-static=no
-make %{?_smp_flags}
+export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} --std=c++11 -fPIC"
+%configure --disable-ecore --enable-static=no \
+           --enable-doxygen-docs --disable-tests --disable-examples
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 %make_install
@@ -141,5 +151,6 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 %{_libdir}/libdbus-c++-glib-1.so
 %{_includedir}/dbus-c++-1
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
+# doc/html doc/img
 
 %changelog