diff --git a/doxygen-dot-one-thread.patch b/doxygen-dot-one-thread.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c35dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doxygen-dot-one-thread.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: src/config.xml
+===================================================================
+--- src/config.xml.orig	2015-06-27 13:40:48.000000000 +0200
++++ src/config.xml	2015-10-05 15:50:05.584725277 +0200
+@@ -3130,7 +3130,7 @@
+ ]]>
+       </docs>
+     </option>
+-    <option type='int' id='DOT_NUM_THREADS' defval='0' minval='0' maxval='32' depends='HAVE_DOT'>
++    <option type='int' id='DOT_NUM_THREADS' defval='1' minval='0' maxval='32' depends='HAVE_DOT'>
+       <docs>
+ <![CDATA[
+  The \c DOT_NUM_THREADS specifies the number of \c dot invocations doxygen is 
diff --git a/doxygen.changes b/doxygen.changes
index a57e1b6..52afb25 100644
--- a/doxygen.changes
+++ b/doxygen.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  5 14:05:14 UTC 2015 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- work around Power8 double free or corruption [bnc#921577]
+  + doxygen-dot-one-thread.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 27 07:34:04 UTC 2015 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/doxygen.spec b/doxygen.spec
index 25d8854..9a5c939 100644
--- a/doxygen.spec
+++ b/doxygen.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Patch1:         %{name}-no-lowercase-man-names.patch
 Patch2:         doxygen-no-shared-libs.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM: add missing returns to non-void functions
 Patch3:         vhdlparser-no-return.patch
+# suse specific, for ppc64le, workaround for bnc#921577
+Patch4:         %{name}-dot-one-thread.patch
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.8.12
 BuildRequires:  flex
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ as well.
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%patch4
+%endif
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC"