diff --git a/00-no-werror.patch b/00-no-werror.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50ba4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00-no-werror.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+diff --git a/libdbusmenu-glib/Makefile.am b/libdbusmenu-glib/Makefile.am
+index 2dea5f6..01832ce 100644
+--- a/libdbusmenu-glib/Makefile.am
++++ b/libdbusmenu-glib/Makefile.am
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ libdbusmenu_glib_la_LDFLAGS = \
+ libdbusmenu_glib_la_CFLAGS = \
+ 	$(DBUSMENUGLIB_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(COVERAGE_CFLAGS) \
+-	-Wall -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
++	-Wall -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
+ 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="\"LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB\""
+ 
+ libdbusmenu_glib_la_LIBADD = \
+diff --git a/libdbusmenu-gtk/Makefile.am b/libdbusmenu-gtk/Makefile.am
+index 9a7a2b0..a9a2b49 100644
+--- a/libdbusmenu-gtk/Makefile.am
++++ b/libdbusmenu-gtk/Makefile.am
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ libdbusmenu_gtk_la_CFLAGS = \
+ 	$(DBUSMENUGTK_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(COVERAGE_CFLAGS) \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir) \
+-	-Wall -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
++	-Wall -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
+ 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="\"LIBDBUSMENU-GTK\""
+ 
+ libdbusmenu_gtk_la_LIBADD = \
+diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
+index 64e3e75..699c2c9 100644
+--- a/tests/Makefile.am
++++ b/tests/Makefile.am
+@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = env GI_TYPELIB_PATH=$(top_builddir)/libdbusmenu-glib:$(top_b
+ ############################################
+ 
+ DBUSMENU_GLIB_TEST_CFLAGS = \
+-	-Wall -Werror \
++	-Wall \
+ 	-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir) \
+ 	$(DBUSMENUTESTS_CFLAGS) \
+diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
+index 029b73e..2258cca 100644
+--- a/tools/Makefile.am
++++ b/tools/Makefile.am
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dbusmenu_dumper_CFLAGS = \
+ 	-I $(srcdir)/.. \
+ 	$(DBUSMENUGLIB_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(DBUSMENUDUMPER_CFLAGS) \
+-	-Wall -Werror
++	-Wall
+ 
+ dbusmenu_dumper_LDADD = \
+ 	../libdbusmenu-glib/libdbusmenu-glib.la \
diff --git a/libdbusmenu.spec b/libdbusmenu.spec
index 1a8c331..8e2506b 100644
--- a/libdbusmenu.spec
+++ b/libdbusmenu.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Name:       libdbusmenu
 Version:    %{ubuntu_release}.0
-Release:    12%{?dist}
+Release:    13%{?dist}
 Summary:    Library for passing menus over DBus
 
 # All files installed in final rpms use C sources with dual licensing headers.
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ License:    LGPLv3 or LGPLv2 and GPLv3
 URL:        https://launchpad.net/libdbusmenu
 Source0:    https://launchpad.net/libdbusmenu/%{ubuntu_release}/%{version}/+download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+# patch to remove -Werror flag - fixes build despite usage of deprecated things
+Patch0:     00-no-werror.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  atk-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -135,6 +138,11 @@ that use %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version} -c
+
+pushd %{name}-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
+popd
+
 cp -a %{name}-%{version}/{README,COPYING,COPYING.2.1,COPYING-GPL3,AUTHORS,ChangeLog} .
 cp -a %{name}-%{version} %{name}-gtk3-%{version}
 
@@ -250,6 +258,9 @@ done
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/json/test-gtk-label.json
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 09 2019 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 16.04.0-13
+- Remove -Werror flag to fix build despite usage of deprecated things.
+
 * Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 16.04.0-12
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild