diff --git a/aspell-0.60.6.1-gcc7-fixes.patch b/aspell-0.60.6.1-gcc7-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eb825a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aspell-0.60.6.1-gcc7-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+commit 8089fa02122fed0a6394eba14bbedcb1d18e2384
+Author: Kevin Atkinson <kevina@gnu.org>
+Date:   Thu Dec 29 00:50:31 2016 -0500
+
+    Compile Fixes for GCC 7.
+    
+    Closes #519.
+
+diff --git a/modules/filter/tex.cpp b/modules/filter/tex.cpp
+index a979539..19ab63c 100644
+--- a/modules/filter/tex.cpp
++++ b/modules/filter/tex.cpp
+@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace {
+ 
+     if (c == '{') {
+ 
+-      if (top.in_what == Parm || top.in_what == Opt || top.do_check == '\0')
++      if (top.in_what == Parm || top.in_what == Opt || *top.do_check == '\0')
+ 	push_command(Parm);
+ 
+       top.in_what = Parm;
+diff --git a/prog/check_funs.cpp b/prog/check_funs.cpp
+index db54f3d..89ee09d 100644
+--- a/prog/check_funs.cpp
++++ b/prog/check_funs.cpp
+@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static void print_truncate(FILE * out, const char * word, int width) {
+     }
+   }
+   if (i == width-1) {
+-    if (word == '\0')
++    if (*word == '\0')
+       put(out,' ');
+     else if (word[len] == '\0')
+       put(out, word, len);
diff --git a/aspell.spec b/aspell.spec
index 59501bc..e3df9fb 100644
--- a/aspell.spec
+++ b/aspell.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Spell checker
 Name: aspell
 Version: 0.60.6.1
-Release: 15%{?dist}
+Release: 16%{?dist}
 Epoch: 12
 # LGPLv2+ .. common/gettext.h
 # LGPLv2  .. modules/speller/default/phonet.hpp,
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Patch4: aspell-0.60.6-mp.patch
 Patch5: aspell-0.60.6.1-dump-personal-abort.patch
 # resolves: #925034
 Patch6: aspell-0.60.6.1-aarch64.patch
+# resolves: #1423239
+Patch7: aspell-0.60.6.1-gcc7-fixes.patch
 
 BuildRequires: chrpath, gettext, ncurses-devel, pkgconfig, perl
 Requires(pre): /sbin/install-info
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ and header files needed for Aspell development.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .ai
 %patch5 -p1 -b .dump-personal
 %patch6 -p1 -b .aarch64
+%patch7 -p1 -b .gcc7-fixes
 iconv -f iso-8859-2 -t utf-8 < manual/aspell.info > manual/aspell.info.aux
 mv manual/aspell.info.aux manual/aspell.info
 
@@ -152,6 +155,10 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/pspell-config.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 23 2017 Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com> - 12:0.60.6.1-16
+- resolves: #1423239
+  fix building with GCC 7
+
 * Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 12:0.60.6.1-15
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild