diff --git a/0001-Work-around-problem-with-boost-shared_array-NULL-cto.patch b/0001-Work-around-problem-with-boost-shared_array-NULL-cto.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9650242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Work-around-problem-with-boost-shared_array-NULL-cto.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From b62048701cea5024383e19314592f2edcd9810fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stephan Bergmann <sbergman@redhat.com>
+Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:39:13 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Work around problem with boost::shared_array(NULL) ctor and
+ Boost 1.53.0
+
+...claiming
+
+  template<class Y> boost::shared_array<T>::shared_array(Y*)
+
+is not a viable option due to mismatched types 'Y*' and 'long int'
+
+Change-Id: I8db321cd25cd73c84fa2a3124c9ec1018c131d5f
+---
+ vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
+index 01707e6..e64646f 100644
+--- a/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
++++ b/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
+@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ SvgData::SvgData(const SvgDataArray& rSvgDataArray, sal_uInt32 nSvgDataArrayLeng
+ 
+ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ SvgData::SvgData(const OUString& rPath):
+-    maSvgDataArray(NULL),
++    maSvgDataArray(),
+     mnSvgDataArrayLength(0),
+     maPath(rPath),
+     maRange(),
+-- 
+1.8.1.2
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 789b1eb..763bc38 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ Patch19: 0001-make-evolution-3.6-work-with-address-book.patch
 Patch20: 0001-Resolves-fdo-60132-Error-reading-file-after-insertin.patch
 Patch21: 0001-no-g_list_free_full-in-RHEL-6-glib.patch
 Patch22: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-910176-cannot-select-directory-with-gn.patch
+Patch23: 0001-Work-around-problem-with-boost-shared_array-NULL-cto.patch
 
 %define instdir %{_libdir}
 %define baseinstdir %{instdir}/libreoffice
@@ -995,6 +996,7 @@ mv -f redhat.soc extras/source/palettes/standard.soc
 %patch20 -p1 -b .fdo-60132-Error-reading-file-after-insertin.patch
 %patch21 -p1 -b .no-g_list_free_full-in-RHEL-6-glib.patch
 %patch22 -p1 -b .rhbz-910176-cannot-select-directory-with-gn.patch
+%patch23 -p1 -b .Work-around-problem-with-boost-shared_array-NULL-cto.patch
 
 # TODO: check this
 # these are horribly incomplete--empty translations and copied english
@@ -2060,6 +2062,7 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications &> /dev/null || :
 * Fri Feb 15 2013 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 1:4.0.0.3-5
 - make evolution 3.6 work with address book
 - Resolves: rhbz#910176 cannot select directory with gtk folder picker
+- fixes for building against Boost 1.53.0
 
 * Fri Feb 15 2013 Stephan Bergmann <sbergman@redhat.com> - 1:4.0.0.3-4
 - Resolves: fdo#60491 missing libemboleobj.so