diff --git a/openscap-xattr.patch b/openscap-xattr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1565a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openscap-xattr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Index: openscap-1.2.17/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- openscap-1.2.17.orig/configure.ac
++++ openscap-1.2.17/configure.ac
+@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([acl/libacl.h sys/acl.h
+ 
+ echo
+ echo ' * Checking presence of required headers for the fileextendedattribute probe'
+-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([attr/xattr.h errno.h limits.h pthread.h stdlib.h string.h sys/stat.h sys/types.h ],[],[probe_fileextendedattribute_req_deps_ok=no; probe_fileextendedattribute_req_deps_missing='header files'],[-])
++AC_CHECK_HEADERS([attr/libattr.h errno.h limits.h pthread.h stdlib.h string.h sys/stat.h sys/types.h ],[],[probe_fileextendedattribute_req_deps_ok=no; probe_fileextendedattribute_req_deps_missing='header files'],[-])
+ 
+ echo
+ echo ' * Checking presence of required headers for the password probe'
+Index: openscap-1.2.17/src/OVAL/probes/unix/fileextendedattribute.c
+===================================================================
+--- openscap-1.2.17.orig/src/OVAL/probes/unix/fileextendedattribute.c
++++ openscap-1.2.17/src/OVAL/probes/unix/fileextendedattribute.c
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
+ #include <limits.h>
+ 
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+-#include <attr/xattr.h>
++#include <attr/libattr.h>
+ 
+ #include <probe/probe.h>
+ #include <probe/option.h>
diff --git a/openscap.changes b/openscap.changes
index 2aef3b1..74b5c80 100644
--- a/openscap.changes
+++ b/openscap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 12 05:56:03 UTC 2018 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- openscap-xattr.patch: build against new libattr 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun  7 08:46:23 UTC 2018 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/openscap.spec b/openscap.spec
index b3f9c29..7c3ca1b 100644
--- a/openscap.spec
+++ b/openscap.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Source4:        scap-yast2sec-oval.xml
 Source5:        oscap-scan.service
 Source6:        oscap-scan.sh
 Patch0:         openscap-new-suse.patch
+Patch1:         openscap-xattr.patch
 Url:            http://www.open-scap.org/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ commonly used and require additional dependencies.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build