diff --git a/m17n-lib-1.7.0-fix-crash-in-marathi-transliteration.patch b/m17n-lib-1.7.0-fix-crash-in-marathi-transliteration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c423db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m17n-lib-1.7.0-fix-crash-in-marathi-transliteration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From 868093b0b0504da6693f5e868e7deb468009b5af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:42:28 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Bug 1256244 - Transliteration not working on Marathi language
+
+---
+ src/input.c | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/input.c b/src/input.c
+index 1160085..5a86b10 100644
+--- a/src/input.c
++++ b/src/input.c
+@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ load_translation (MIMMap *map, MPlist *keylist, MPlist *map_actions,
+       len = MPLIST_LENGTH (elt);
+       if (MFAILP (len > 0))
+ 	return -1;
+-      keyseq = (MSymbol *) alloca (sizeof (int) * len);
++      keyseq = (MSymbol *) alloca (sizeof (MSymbol) * len);
+       for (i = 0; i < len; i++, elt = MPLIST_NEXT (elt))
+ 	{
+ 	  if (MPLIST_INTEGER_P (elt))
+@@ -4264,7 +4264,7 @@ filter (MInputContext *ic, MSymbol key, void *arg)
+   if (ic_info->commit_key_head > 0)
+     {
+       memmove (ic_info->keys, ic_info->keys + ic_info->commit_key_head,
+-	       sizeof (int) * (ic_info->used - ic_info->commit_key_head));
++	       sizeof (MSymbol *) * (ic_info->used - ic_info->commit_key_head));
+       ic_info->used -= ic_info->commit_key_head;
+       ic_info->key_head -= ic_info->commit_key_head;
+       ic_info->state_key_head -= ic_info->commit_key_head;
+@@ -4278,7 +4278,7 @@ filter (MInputContext *ic, MSymbol key, void *arg)
+       if (ic_info->key_head > 0)
+ 	{
+ 	  memmove (ic_info->keys, ic_info->keys + ic_info->key_head,
+-		   sizeof (int) * (ic_info->used - ic_info->key_head));
++		   sizeof (MSymbol *) * (ic_info->used - ic_info->key_head));
+ 	  ic_info->used -= ic_info->key_head;
+ 	  ic_info->key_head = ic_info->state_key_head
+ 	    = ic_info->commit_key_head = 0;
+-- 
+2.4.3
+
diff --git a/m17n-lib.changes b/m17n-lib.changes
index 0520e22..49c7420 100644
--- a/m17n-lib.changes
+++ b/m17n-lib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  7 10:38:53 UTC 2016 - maiku.fabian@gmail.com
+
+- Fix crash in Marathi transliteration:
+  m17n-lib-1.7.0-fix-crash-in-marathi-transliteration.patch
+  See also:
+  https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/m17n-list/2015-08/msg00001.html
+  https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/m17n-list/2015-08/msg00002.html
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar  1 18:02:09 UTC 2015 - p.drouand@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/m17n-lib.spec b/m17n-lib.spec
index e1d1d63..acb417c 100644
--- a/m17n-lib.spec
+++ b/m17n-lib.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package m17n-lib
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 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
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Source0:        http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/m17n/%{name}-%{version
 Source1:        m17n-lib-rpmlintrc
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Patch0:         m17n-lib-fix-warnings.diff
+Patch1:         m17n-lib-1.7.0-fix-crash-in-marathi-transliteration.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  freetype2-devel
 BuildRequires:  fribidi-devel
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ A multilingual text processing library for the C language
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0