diff --git a/fix_libgif_5_0_build.patch b/fix_libgif_5_0_build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2f92a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix_libgif_5_0_build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+From: Anatoly Bobrov <khnazile@rkmail.ru>
+Subject: Trivial fix to make Krita link against libgif 5.0.x in openSUSE Leap 42.3
+
+--- plugins/impex/gif/qgiflibhandler.cpp	2018-03-20 10:49:57.000000000 +0300
++++ plugins/impex/gif/qgiflibhandler.cpp	2018-03-23 15:11:33.890071869 +0300
+@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
+         }
+     }
+ 
+-    EGifCloseFile(gif, &err);
++    EGifCloseFile(gif);
+ 
+     return true;
+ }
diff --git a/krita.changes b/krita.changes
index c0dea7b..58a2324 100644
--- a/krita.changes
+++ b/krita.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 23 18:33:32 UTC 2018 - khnazile@rkmail.ru
+
+- Restore openSUSE Leap 42.3 support:
+  * boost 1.61 presents in Leap 42.3 repo
+  * Added fix_libgif_5_0_build.patch to make krita build against libgif 5.0.x
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 22 11:55:27 UTC 2018 - wbauer@tmo.at
 
diff --git a/krita.spec b/krita.spec
index 28212e2..82eb4b8 100644
--- a/krita.spec
+++ b/krita.spec
@@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ License:        GPL-2.0+ and LGPL-2.1+
 Group:          Productivity/Graphics/Bitmap Editors
 Url:            http://www.krita.org/
 Source0:        http://download.kde.org/stable/krita/%{version}/krita-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE fix_libgif_5_0_build.patch -- Trivial fix to make Krita link against libgif 5.0.x in openSUSE Leap 42.3
+Patch1:         fix_libgif_5_0_build.patch
 BuildRequires:  Mesa-devel
 BuildRequires:  OpenColorIO-devel
 BuildRequires:  OpenEXR-devel
 BuildRequires:  Vc-devel-static
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1320
+BuildRequires:  boost_1_61-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires:  libboost_system-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  extra-cmake-modules
 BuildRequires:  fftw3-devel
 BuildRequires:  giflib-devel
@@ -118,6 +124,9 @@ Development headers and libraries for Krita.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n krita-%{version}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1320
+%patch1
+%endif
 
 %build
 # install translations to %%{_kf5_localedir} so they don't clash with the krita translations in calligra-l10n (KDE4 based)