diff --git a/libunistring-test-malloca.patch b/libunistring-test-malloca.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d047a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libunistring-test-malloca.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: libunistring-0.9.7/tests/test-malloca.c
+===================================================================
+--- libunistring-0.9.7.orig/tests/test-malloca.c	2016-12-02 17:42:02.000000000 +0100
++++ libunistring-0.9.7/tests/test-malloca.c	2017-05-05 09:21:26.457936689 +0200
+@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ do_allocation (int n)
+ {
+   void *ptr = malloca (n);
+   freea (ptr);
+-  safe_alloca (n);
++  ptr = safe_alloca (n);
++  freea (ptr);
+ }
+ 
+ void (*func) (int) = do_allocation;
diff --git a/libunistring.spec b/libunistring.spec
index 235bef2..51d5d3b 100644
--- a/libunistring.spec
+++ b/libunistring.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Source0:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-%{version}.tar.
 Source1:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-%{version}.tar.xz.sig
 Source2:        http://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist-gpgkeys.php?group=libunistring&download=1#/%{name}.keyring
 Source3:        baselibs.conf
+Patch0:         %{name}-test-malloca.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %if %{?suse_version } == 1110
 BuildRequires:  xz
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ case folding and regular expressions).
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static --disable-rpath --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}