diff --git a/java-encoding.patch b/java-encoding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c7d6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-encoding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index d99b67676177..10746af8ed1e 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -8429,6 +8429,7 @@ if test "$with_java" != "no"; then
+         BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE HSQLDB"
+         AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether hsqldb should be built with JDBC 4.1])
+         javanumver=`$JAVAINTERPRETER -version 2>&1 | $AWK -v num=true -f $SRC_ROOT/solenv/bin/getcompver.awk`
++		echo "$javanumver"
+         if expr "$javanumver" '>=' 000100060000 > /dev/null; then
+             AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+             HSQLDB_USE_JDBC_4_1=TRUE
+diff --git a/reportbuilder/java/org/libreoffice/report/pentaho/layoutprocessor/FormatValueUtility.java b/reportbuilder/java/org/libreoffice/report/pentaho/layoutprocessor/FormatValueUtility.java
+index d20927f8eb27..6a1bd00736ee 100644
+--- a/reportbuilder/java/org/libreoffice/report/pentaho/layoutprocessor/FormatValueUtility.java
++++ b/reportbuilder/java/org/libreoffice/report/pentaho/layoutprocessor/FormatValueUtility.java
+@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public class FormatValueUtility
+         final SectionLayoutController slc = findGroupOrDetail(ref);
+         if (slc == null)
+         {
+-            // {Page, Report} × {Header, Footer} have no usable iteration count
++            // {Page, Report} x {Header, Footer} have no usable iteration count
+             // err on the side of showing them rather than not showing them
+             return true;
+         }
diff --git a/libreoffice.changes b/libreoffice.changes
index ad93574..dea07d9 100644
--- a/libreoffice.changes
+++ b/libreoffice.changes
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Tue Sep 12 08:41:51 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
   * 0001-Adapt-getcompver.awk-to-Java-9.patch
     + Adapt getcompver.awk to Java 9 where the version might be
       single digit
+  * java-encoding.patch
+    + Replace one unnecessary UTF-8 character by an ASCII one
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 28 08:11:19 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 1eef1b8..e67736d 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Patch100:       0001-This-hunk-breaks-jdk9-build.patch
 Patch101:       0002-Detect-libjawt-automatically-on-java9-too.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM: addapt getcompver.awk to java 9
 Patch102:       0001-Adapt-getcompver.awk-to-Java-9.patch
+Patch103:       java-encoding.patch
 # try to save space by using hardlinks
 Patch990:       install-with-hardlinks.diff
 BuildRequires:  %{name}-share-linker
@@ -918,6 +919,7 @@ Provides additional %{langname} translations and resources for %{project}. \
 %patch100 -p1
 %patch101 -p1
 %patch102 -p1
+%patch103 -p1
 %patch990 -p1
 
 # Do not generate doxygen timestamp