diff --git a/docker.spec b/docker.spec
index 4535a7d..d14e9d0 100644
--- a/docker.spec
+++ b/docker.spec
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Patch4:         fix_cgroup.parent_path_sanitisation.patch
 # Right now docker passes the sha1sum of the dockerinit binary to the docker binary at build time
 # We cannot do that, right now a quick and really dirty way to get it running is
 # to simply disable this check
+# Required to overcome some limitations of gcc-go: https://groups.google.com/forum/# !msg/golang-nuts/SlGCPYkjxo4/4DjcjXRCqAkJ
+Patch5:         gcc5_socket_workaround.patch
 Patch100:       ignore-dockerinit-checksum.patch
 Patch101:       gcc-go-patches.patch
 Patch102:       add_bolt_ppc64.patch
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ Test package for docker. It contains the source code and the tests.
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 %ifnarch %go_arches
 %patch100 -p1
 %patch101 -p0