diff --git a/fix_boost_169.patch b/fix_boost_169.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15df6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix_boost_169.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff -ur a/src/support/FileName.cpp b/src/support/FileName.cpp
+--- a/src/support/FileName.cpp	2018-12-09 21:04:52.000000000 +0100
++++ b/src/support/FileName.cpp	2019-03-15 14:56:04.220000000 +0100
+@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@
+ using namespace std;
+ using namespace lyx::support;
+ 
+-// OK, this is ugly, but it is the only workaround I found to compile
+-// with gcc (any version) on a system which uses a non-GNU toolchain.
+-// The problem is that gcc uses a weak symbol for a particular
+-// instantiation and that the system linker usually does not
+-// understand those weak symbols (seen on HP-UX, tru64, AIX and
+-// others). Thus we force an explicit instanciation of this particular
+-// template (JMarc)
+-template struct boost::detail::crc_table_t<32, 0x04C11DB7, true>;
+-
+ namespace lyx {
+ namespace support {
+ 
diff --git a/lyx.changes b/lyx.changes
index fe6264a..fa3ec8a 100644
--- a/lyx.changes
+++ b/lyx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 15 13:49:18 UTC 2019 - Cor Blom <cornelis@solcon.nl>
+
+- Add fix_boost_169.patch to fix build with boost 1.69.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 10 13:15:31 UTC 2018 - Cor Blom <cornelis@solcon.nl>
 
diff --git a/lyx.spec b/lyx.spec
index b27c54a..652eb8b 100644
--- a/lyx.spec
+++ b/lyx.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package lyx
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Source3:        ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/2.3.x/lyx-%{version}.tar.xz.sig
 # Upstream also made change to python3 in master. Because 2.3.1 is compatible with both
 # python2 and 3 we follow and switch to python3
 Patch0:         correct-shebang.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM: fix build with boost 1.69
+Patch1:         fix_boost_169.patch
 #!BuildIgnore: lyx
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ document under "Help" on the menubar.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 #./autogen.sh