diff --git a/0001-gcc-error-size-128-of-array-exceeds-maximum-object-.patch b/0001-gcc-error-size-128-of-array-exceeds-maximum-object-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ef108b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-gcc-error-size-128-of-array-exceeds-maximum-object-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From 7cbfb8749425cad73a91a543e32790455e11bf3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:53:31 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] gcc error: size '128' of array exceeds maximum object size
+
+an int works though
+
+Change-Id: Ifb71df7f929b4ea950fbe6c9ba3ed8e81496fbdf
+---
+ i18npool/inc/cclass_unicode.hxx                                 | 2 +-
+ .../source/characterclassification/cclass_unicode_parser.cxx    | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/i18npool/inc/cclass_unicode.hxx b/i18npool/inc/cclass_unicode.hxx
+index cd77cbea275a..d11c5e8405b2 100644
+--- a/i18npool/inc/cclass_unicode.hxx
++++ b/i18npool/inc/cclass_unicode.hxx
+@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ private:
+         ssStop
+     };
+ 
+-    static const sal_uInt8      nDefCnt;
++    static const int            nDefCnt;
+     static const ParserFlags    pDefaultParserTable[];
+     static const sal_Int32      pParseTokensType[];
+ 
+diff --git a/i18npool/source/characterclassification/cclass_unicode_parser.cxx b/i18npool/source/characterclassification/cclass_unicode_parser.cxx
+index 1b7cba461016..bca77aea2580 100644
+--- a/i18npool/source/characterclassification/cclass_unicode_parser.cxx
++++ b/i18npool/source/characterclassification/cclass_unicode_parser.cxx
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace i18npool {
+ 
+ // Default identifier/name specification is [A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*
+ 
+-const sal_uInt8 cclass_Unicode::nDefCnt = 128;
++const int cclass_Unicode::nDefCnt = 128;
+ const ParserFlags cclass_Unicode::pDefaultParserTable[ nDefCnt ] =
+ {
+ // (...) == Calc formula compiler specific, commented out and modified
+-- 
+2.21.0.rc1
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index d689997..dba45d5 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ Patch4: 0001-tdf-122393-move-to-overflow-row-on-using-left-right-.patch
 Patch5: 0001-Resolves-tdf-122467-drop-down-field-name-is-too-narr.patch
 Patch6: 0001-menu-of-currency-combobox-in-format-cells-is-too-nar.patch
 Patch7: 0001-rhbz-1678319-workaround-miscompilation.patch
+Patch8: 0001-gcc-error-size-128-of-array-exceeds-maximum-object-.patch
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 # not upstreamed