diff --git a/emacs-26.1.dif b/emacs-26.1.dif
index 038ef73..7c89576 100644
--- a/emacs-26.1.dif
+++ b/emacs-26.1.dif
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
  lisp/net/ange-ftp.el            |    8 +--
  lisp/site-load.el               |   41 ++++++++++++++++
  lisp/speedbar.el                |    1 
- lisp/textmodes/ispell.el        |   82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ lisp/textmodes/ispell.el        |   85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
  site-lisp/term/func-keys.el     |   33 +++++++++++++
  site-lisp/term/gnome.el         |   97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  site-lisp/term/kvt.el           |   97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  site-lisp/term/linux.el         |   79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  site-lisp/term/locale.el        |   13 +++++
- 18 files changed, 471 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
+ 18 files changed, 473 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
 
 --- Makefile.in
 +++ Makefile.in	2018-05-29 13:07:53.479965338 +0000
@@ -346,7 +346,17 @@
    "Program invoked by \\[ispell-word] and \\[ispell-region] commands."
    :type 'string
    :set (lambda (symbol value)
-@@ -1414,6 +1416,78 @@ The variable `ispell-library-directory'
+@@ -1179,7 +1181,8 @@ dictionary from that list was found."
+     (setq hunspell-default-dict (or hunspell-multi-dict
+ 				    (car hunspell-default-dict)))
+     (setq hunspell-default-dict-entry
+-	  (ispell-parse-hunspell-affix-file hunspell-default-dict))
++	  (if hunspell-default-dict
++	      (ispell-parse-hunspell-affix-file hunspell-default-dict) nil))
+     ;; Create an alist of found dicts with only names, except for default dict.
+     (setq ispell-hunspell-dictionary-alist
+ 	  (list (cons nil (cdr hunspell-default-dict-entry))))
+@@ -1414,6 +1417,78 @@ The variable `ispell-library-directory'
  (if ispell-menu-map-needed
      (progn
        (setq ispell-menu-map (make-sparse-keymap "Spell"))
diff --git a/emacs.changes b/emacs.changes
index b368b18..14c8d2f 100644
--- a/emacs.changes
+++ b/emacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 23 08:25:39 UTC 2018 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Let ispell.el perform even on older systems without default
+  hunspell dictionary as otherwise this leades to wrong type
+  error as nil is not a pointer to a string
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 23 06:37:33 UTC 2018 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/emacs.spec b/emacs.spec
index 5019985..3f2efe3 100644
--- a/emacs.spec
+++ b/emacs.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #