diff --git a/waybar-9.7-fmt-compat.patch b/waybar-9.7-fmt-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2329c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waybar-9.7-fmt-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 368e4813de5356332d1167e8200cb5633e772ed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: John Helmert III <jchelmert3@posteo.net>
+Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:29:12 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] libfmt >=8.0.0 compatibility
+
+---
+ include/util/format.hpp | 4 ++++
+ src/modules/clock.cpp   | 3 +++
+ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/include/util/format.hpp b/include/util/format.hpp
+index 288d8f0cd..543a100fb 100644
+--- a/include/util/format.hpp
++++ b/include/util/format.hpp
+@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ namespace fmt {
+             // The rationale for ignoring it is that the only reason to specify
+             // an alignment and a with is to get a fixed width bar, and ">" is
+             // sufficient in this implementation.
++#if FMT_VERSION < 80000
+             width = parse_nonnegative_int(it, end, ctx);
++#else
++            width = detail::parse_nonnegative_int(it, end, -1);
++#endif
+           }
+           return it;
+         }
+diff --git a/src/modules/clock.cpp b/src/modules/clock.cpp
+index 22bedc783..82c570102 100644
+--- a/src/modules/clock.cpp
++++ b/src/modules/clock.cpp
+@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ template <>
+ struct fmt::formatter<waybar_time> : fmt::formatter<std::tm> {
+   template <typename FormatContext>
+   auto format(const waybar_time& t, FormatContext& ctx) {
++#if FMT_VERSION >= 80000
++	auto& tm_format = specs;
++#endif
+     return format_to(ctx.out(), "{}", date::format(t.locale, fmt::to_string(tm_format), t.ztime));
+   }
+ };
diff --git a/waybar.changes b/waybar.changes
index d5593f9..f0d00f0 100644
--- a/waybar.changes
+++ b/waybar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 13 09:50:00 UTC 2021 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
+
+- bsc#1188200 - waybar undefined symbol:
+  Add waybar-9.7-fmt-compat.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 19 12:01:41 UTC 2021 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/waybar.spec b/waybar.spec
index 3b72921..e482f44 100644
--- a/waybar.spec
+++ b/waybar.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ URL:            https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar
 # to get the `date` dependency. and create own tarball
 #Source:         https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
 Source:         %{version}.tar.xz
+Patch0:         waybar-9.7-fmt-compat.patch
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gtk-layer-shell-devel