diff --git a/libreadline-java-0.8.0-doclint.patch b/libreadline-java-0.8.0-doclint.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01f205a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libreadline-java-0.8.0-doclint.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libreadline-java-0.8.0/Makefile	2003-01-07 11:14:35.000000000 +0100
++++ libreadline-java-0.8.0/Makefile	2017-09-08 14:06:15.300416250 +0200
+@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
+ apidoc: $(APIDIR)
+ 	javadoc -sourcepath src -d $(APIDIR) -windowtitle $(WTITLE) \
+                 -doctitle $(DTITLE) -footer $(DFOOTER) -header $(DHEADER) \
+-                -bottom $(DBOTTOM) \
++                -bottom $(DBOTTOM) -Xdoclint:none \
+                 -version -author org.gnu.readline test
+ 
+ install: jar build-native apidoc
diff --git a/libreadline-java.changes b/libreadline-java.changes
index 0d4d8d5..8acfca1 100644
--- a/libreadline-java.changes
+++ b/libreadline-java.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep  8 12:09:01 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
+
+- Added patch:
+  * libreadline-java-0.8.0-doclint.patch
+    - Fix build with jdk9 whose javadoc is more picky
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun  9 11:06:12 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libreadline-java.spec b/libreadline-java.spec
index acb25d7..b282aed 100644
--- a/libreadline-java.spec
+++ b/libreadline-java.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Source1:        baselibs.conf
 Patch0:         libreadline-java-ncurses.patch
 Patch1:         libreadline-java-libdir.patch
 Patch2:         libreadline-java-0.8.0-missing-return-type.patch
+Patch3:         libreadline-java-0.8.0-doclint.patch
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.6.0
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
 BuildRequires:  libedit-devel >= 2.9
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ wrapper. This package contains the javadoc documentation for it.
 %patch0
 %patch1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 find . -name "*.jar" -exec rm -f {} \;
 sed -i 's|@LIBDIR@|%{_libdir}|' src/org/gnu/readline/Readline.java