diff --git a/pidgin-sipe-gcc47.patch b/pidgin-sipe-gcc47.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af11478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pidgin-sipe-gcc47.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/src/core/sipe-cal.c
++++ b/src/core/sipe-cal.c
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+  *
+  * pidgin-sipe
+  *
+- * Copyright (C) 2010-11 SIPE Project <http://sipe.sourceforge.net/>
++ * Copyright (C) 2010-12 SIPE Project <http://sipe.sourceforge.net/>
+  * Copyright (C) 2009 pier11 <pier11@operamail.com>
+  *
+  *
+@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ sipe_cal_get_status(struct sipe_buddy *buddy,
+ 	const char* free_busy;
+ 	int ret = SIPE_CAL_NO_DATA;
+ 	time_t state_since;
+-	int index;
++	int index = -1;
+ 
+ 	if (!buddy || !buddy->cal_start_time || !buddy->cal_granularity) {
+ 		SIPE_DEBUG_INFO("sipe_cal_get_status: no calendar data1 for %s, exiting",
+
diff --git a/pidgin-sipe.changes b/pidgin-sipe.changes
index 57f1ede..802d575 100644
--- a/pidgin-sipe.changes
+++ b/pidgin-sipe.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar 24 23:13:09 UTC 2012 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Add pidgin-sipe-gcc47.patch: Fix build with gcc 4.7; taken from
+  git.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 15 13:23:31 UTC 2012 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/pidgin-sipe.spec b/pidgin-sipe.spec
index 5ad7f76..3b0938d 100644
--- a/pidgin-sipe.spec
+++ b/pidgin-sipe.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Instant Messenger
 Url:            http://sipe.sourceforge.net/
 Source:         http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sipe/sipe/pidgin-sipe-1.13.0/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM pidgin-sipe-gcc47.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Fix build with gcc 4.7; fixed in git
+Patch0:         pidgin-sipe-gcc47.patch
 BuildRequires:  gettext-devel
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel >= 2.12.0
 BuildRequires:  gmime-devel
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ various products:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 translation-update-upstream
 
 %build