diff --git a/add_gcc8_support.patch b/add_gcc8_support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c4a282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/add_gcc8_support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 8ad47de54cdc7a3145226627f9af3e137adb8461 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pablo Hernandez-Cerdan <pablo.hernandez.cerdan@outlook.com>
+Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 16:17:01 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] COMP: Add gcc8 support to vcl_compiler.
+
+It just adds a if/else branch to the existing logic.
+
+Triggered here: https://discourse.itk.org/t/building-and-compiling-with-gcc-8-1/934/4
+---
+ vcl/vcl_compiler.h | 11 +++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/vcl/vcl_compiler.h b/vcl/vcl_compiler.h
+index 6a3f2e2152..5ca624603d 100644
+--- a/vcl/vcl_compiler.h
++++ b/vcl/vcl_compiler.h
+@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@
+ #  else
+ #   define VCL_GCC_70
+ #  endif
++# elif (__GNUC__==8)
++#  define VCL_GCC_8
++#  if (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 2 )
++#   define VCL_GCC_83
++#  elif (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 1 )
++#   define VCL_GCC_82
++#  elif (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 0 )
++#   define VCL_GCC_81
++#  else
++#   define VCL_GCC_80
++#  endif
+ # else
+ #  error "Dunno about this gcc"
+ # endif
diff --git a/insighttoolkit.changes b/insighttoolkit.changes
index 8dca7ff..177b99e 100644
--- a/insighttoolkit.changes
+++ b/insighttoolkit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  2 13:32:09 UTC 2018 - guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org
+
+- Add patch to add support to GCC8:
+  * add_gcc8_support.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 23 19:28:40 UTC 2017 - bruno@ioda-net.ch
 
diff --git a/insighttoolkit.spec b/insighttoolkit.spec
index 3e3f537..ab3157d 100644
--- a/insighttoolkit.spec
+++ b/insighttoolkit.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Url:            http://www.itk.org
 Source0:        http://sourceforge.net/projects/itk/files/itk/4.12/%{tarname}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch0:         nrrdio-linking.patch
 Patch1:         dcmtk-cmake.patch
+Patch2:         add_gcc8_support.patch
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.8.0
 BuildRequires:  dcmtk
 BuildRequires:  dcmtk-devel
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ analysis..
 %setup -q -n %{tarname}-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
+pushd Modules/ThirdParty/VNL/src/vxl/
+%patch2 -p1
+popd
 
 %build
 %cmake \