diff --git a/0001-Check-for-EMOJI-content-only-on-ICU-57-and-newer.patch b/0001-Check-for-EMOJI-content-only-on-ICU-57-and-newer.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..027ef56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Check-for-EMOJI-content-only-on-ICU-57-and-newer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 40eb50bde3922f23cd071c1e8e0b2cce5ca2d747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1=20Chv=C3=A1tal?= <tchvatal@suse.com>
+Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:58:43 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Check for EMOJI content only on ICU 57 and newer
+
+The older ICU does not have the logic to work with there as it is
+feature of the new icu only:
+  http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/11802
+
+Change-Id: Icd21be1e20b7cb988e94d107406a4f81d00116a7
+---
+ vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
+index c7bfbb47e9bd..a36dfc868329 100644
+--- a/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
++++ b/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
+@@ -798,7 +798,11 @@ namespace
+ 
+     bool isEmoji(sal_uInt32 nCurrentChar)
+     {
++#if U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM >= 57
+         return u_hasBinaryProperty(nCurrentChar, UCHAR_EMOJI);
++#else
++	return false;
++#endif
+     }
+ 
+     //returns true if the given code-point couldn't possibly be in rLangTag.
+-- 
+2.23.0
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.changes b/libreoffice.changes
index d1adc7e..42841d8 100644
--- a/libreoffice.changes
+++ b/libreoffice.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 11 08:03:08 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch to fix building on SLE12:
+  * 0001-Check-for-EMOJI-content-only-on-ICU-57-and-newer.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  9 08:17:52 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 4939c3f..d5667ab 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch1:         scp2-user-config-suse.diff
 Patch2:         nlpsolver-no-broken-help.diff
 Patch3:         mediawiki-no-broken-help.diff
 Patch5:         mdds-1-5.patch
+Patch6:         0001-Check-for-EMOJI-content-only-on-ICU-57-and-newer.patch
 # try to save space by using hardlinks
 Patch990:       install-with-hardlinks.diff
 # save time by relying on rpm check rather than doing stupid find+grep
@@ -118,7 +119,6 @@ BuildRequires:  curl-devel
 # Needed for tests
 BuildRequires:  dejavu-fonts
 BuildRequires:  doxygen >= 1.8.4
-# Dot is used by doxygen
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  flex >= 2.6.0
 BuildRequires:  flute
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(serf-1) >= 1.1.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xmlsec1-nss) >= 1.2.24
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xrandr)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xt)
-# We need at least english to launch ourselves.
 Requires:       liberation-fonts
 Requires:       libreoffice-branding >= 6.0
 Requires:       libreoffice-icon-themes = %{version}
+# We need at least english to launch ourselves
 Requires:       libreoffice-l10n-en = %{version}
 Requires:       python3
 Recommends:     dejavu-fonts
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ Provides %{langname} translations and additional resources (help files, etc.) fo
 %patch2
 %patch3
 %patch5 -p1
+%patch6 -p1
 %patch990 -p1
 %patch991 -p1