diff --git a/0001-Resolves-rhbz-1006850-crash-in-SwCommentRuler-GetCom.patch b/0001-Resolves-rhbz-1006850-crash-in-SwCommentRuler-GetCom.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47ab2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Resolves-rhbz-1006850-crash-in-SwCommentRuler-GetCom.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From b73dec8a06ef762098e642b2c37e4baad780b11a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:56:37 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Resolves: rhbz#1006850 crash in
+ SwCommentRuler::GetCommentControlRegion
+
+Change-Id: Ic846da3b22391d724da6f8df94dd771e89d2efb4
+---
+ sw/source/ui/misc/swruler.cxx | 7 +++++++
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/sw/source/ui/misc/swruler.cxx b/sw/source/ui/misc/swruler.cxx
+index a41fc0b..76fb8be 100644
+--- a/sw/source/ui/misc/swruler.cxx
++++ b/sw/source/ui/misc/swruler.cxx
+@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ void SwCommentRuler::UpdateCommentHelpText()
+ Rectangle SwCommentRuler::GetCommentControlRegion()
+ {
+     SwPostItMgr *pPostItMgr = mpViewShell->GetPostItMgr();
++
++    //rhbz#1006850 When the SwPostItMgr ctor is called from SwView::SwView it
++    //triggers an update of the uiview, but the result of the ctor hasn't been
++    //set into the mpViewShell yet, so GetPostItMgr is temporarily still NULL
++    if (!pPostItMgr)
++        return Rectangle();
++
+     //FIXME When the page width is larger then screen, the ruler is misplaced by one pixel
+     long nLeft   = GetWinOffset() + GetPageOffset() + mpSwWin->LogicToPixel(Size(GetPageWidth(), 0)).Width();
+     long nTop    = 0 + 4; // Ruler::ImplDraw uses RULER_OFF (value: 3px) as offset, and Ruler::ImplFormat adds one extra pixel
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 265f2c4..354c935 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Summary:        Free Software Productivity Suite
 Name:           libreoffice
 Epoch:          1
 Version:        %{libo_version}.1
-Release:        1%{?libo_prerelease}%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?libo_prerelease}%{?dist}
 License:        (MPLv1.1 or LGPLv3+) and LGPLv3 and LGPLv2+ and BSD and (MPLv1.1 or GPLv2 or LGPLv2 or Netscape) and Public Domain and ASL 2.0 and Artistic and MPLv2.0
 Group:          Applications/Productivity
 URL:            http://www.libreoffice.org/default/
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ Patch14: 0001-Related-rhbz-968892-discard-impossible-languages-for.patch
 Patch15: 0002-Related-rhbz-968892-discard-impossible-languages-for.patch
 Patch16: 0001-Resolves-fdo-48835-application-menu-for-LibreOffice.patch
 Patch17: 0001-Make-charmap.cxx-compile-with-icu-4.4.patch
+Patch18: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-1006850-crash-in-SwCommentRuler-GetCom.patch
 
 %define instdir %{_libdir}
 %define baseinstdir %{instdir}/libreoffice
@@ -1004,6 +1005,7 @@ mv -f redhat.soc extras/source/palettes/standard.soc
 %patch15 -p1 -b .rhbz-968892-discard-impossible-languages-for.patch
 %patch16 -p1 -b .fdo-48835-application-menu-for-LibreOffice.patch
 %patch17 -p1 -b .Make-charmap.cxx-compile-with-icu-4.4.patch
+%patch18 -p1 -b .rhbz-1006850-crash-in-SwCommentRuler-GetCom.patch
 
 # TODO: check this
 # these are horribly incomplete--empty translations and copied english
@@ -2094,6 +2096,9 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications &> /dev/null || :
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 12 2013 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 1:4.1.2.1-2
+- Resolves: rhbz#1006850 crash in SwCommentRuler
+
 * Thu Sep 05 2013 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 1:4.1.2.1-1
 - 4.1.2 rc1