diff --git a/rosegarden-16.02-gcc6.patch b/rosegarden-16.02-gcc6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb5f5b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rosegarden-16.02-gcc6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Nurp rosegarden-16.02.orig/src/gui/dialogs/PitchBendSequenceDialog.cpp rosegarden-16.02.mod/src/gui/dialogs/PitchBendSequenceDialog.cpp
+--- src/gui/dialogs/PitchBendSequenceDialog.cpp	2016-02-29 13:18:01.000000000 +0100
++++ src/gui/dialogs/PitchBendSequenceDialog.cpp	2016-04-25 07:30:49.578374291 +0200
+@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ PitchBendSequenceDialog::addStepwiseEven
+         {
+             const int rawStepSize = spinboxToControlDelta(m_stepSize);
+             if (rawStepSize == 0) { return; }
+-            numSteps = abs(float(valueChange) / float(rawStepSize) + 0.5);
++            numSteps = fabs(float(valueChange) / float(rawStepSize) + 0.5);
+             break;
+         }
+     }
diff --git a/rosegarden.changes b/rosegarden.changes
index 4fcd7e7..a3dcbd6 100644
--- a/rosegarden.changes
+++ b/rosegarden.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 21 06:34:51 UTC 2016 - davejplater@gmail.com
+
+- Added upstream rosegarden-16.02-gcc6.patch to fix gcc6 build see
+  boo#985242
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 21 09:57:14 UTC 2016 - davejplater@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/rosegarden.spec b/rosegarden.spec
index 722c0df..485f1b3 100644
--- a/rosegarden.spec
+++ b/rosegarden.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Source2:        %{name}.1
 # This patch fixes the file search paths for examples, templates and midi driver libraries.
 Patch1:         rosegarden-10.10-filepaths.patch
 Patch2:         rosegarden-14.02-fix-bashisms.patch
+Patch3:         rosegarden-16.02-gcc6.patch
 BuildRequires:  alsa-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.8.12
 BuildRequires:  dssi-devel
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ See the changelog for details.
 %setup -q
 %patch1
 %patch2
+%patch3
 # When we build svn we need to execute bootstrap.sh
 #sh bootstrap.sh