diff --git a/meson-fix-gcc48.patch b/meson-fix-gcc48.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddae08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson-fix-gcc48.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- a/mesonbuild/compilers.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/compilers.py
+@@ -2403,13 +2403,18 @@ class GnuCPPCompiler(GnuCompiler, CPPCom
+                           '3': default_warn_args + ['-Wextra', '-Wpedantic']}
+ 
+     def get_options(self):
++        c_stds = ['c++03', 'c++11']
++        g_stds = ['gnu++03', 'gnu++11']
++        if mesonlib.version_compare(self.version, '>=5.0.0'):
++            c_stds += ['c++14', 'c++1z']
++            g_stds += ['gnu++14', 'gnu++1z']
+         opts = {'cpp_std': coredata.UserComboOption('cpp_std', 'C++ language standard to use',
+-                                                    ['none', 'c++03', 'c++11', 'c++14', 'c++1z',
+-                                                     'gnu++03', 'gnu++11', 'gnu++14', 'gnu++1z'],
++                                                    ['none'] + c_stds + g_stds,
+                                                     'none'),
+                 'cpp_debugstl': coredata.UserBooleanOption('cpp_debugstl',
+                                                            'STL debug mode',
+                                                            False)}
++
+         if self.gcc_type == GCC_MINGW:
+             opts.update({
+                 'cpp_winlibs': coredata.UserStringArrayOption('cpp_winlibs', 'Standard Win libraries to link against',
diff --git a/meson.changes b/meson.changes
index 146e2f5..2147cb6 100644
--- a/meson.changes
+++ b/meson.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Thu Mar 16 11:04:13 UTC 2017 - sor.alexei@meowr.ru
 - Update to version 0.39.1 (changes since 0.38.1):
   * Allow specifying extra arguments for tests.
   * Bug fixes and minor polishes.
+- Add meson-fix-gcc48.patch: fix GCC 4.8 handling for
+  openSUSE Leap 42.x.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Mar  4 14:50:28 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
diff --git a/meson.spec b/meson.spec
index 4acde71..c39ca87 100644
--- a/meson.spec
+++ b/meson.spec
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ Url:            http://mesonbuild.com/
 Source:         https://github.com/%{_name}/%{name}/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        https://github.com/%{_name}/%{name}/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz.asc
 Source2:        %{name}.keyring
-# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE meson-suse-ify-macros.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Make the macros non-RetHat specific. So far we do not have sep. {C,CXX,F}FLAGS
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE meson-suse-ify-macros.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Make the macros non-RedHat specific: so far there are no separate {C,CXX,F}FLAGS.
 Patch0:         meson-suse-ify-macros.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE meson-fix-gcc48.patch sor.alexei@meowr.ru -- Fix GCC 4.8 handling for openSUSE Leap 42.x.
+Patch1:         meson-fix-gcc48.patch
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
+BuildRequires:  doxygen
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gcc-fortran
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ Domain Specific Language.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 # Lack of gtest, gmock, gnustep.
 rm -rf "test cases/frameworks/2 gtest" \