diff --git a/0001-don-t-crash-with-disable-pdfium.patch b/0001-don-t-crash-with-disable-pdfium.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..881a110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-don-t-crash-with-disable-pdfium.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 4fdafc02cc58762eb89e80f3031df7535fac4caa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 12:29:02 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] don't crash with --disable-pdfium
+
+Change-Id: I8a02e9c5367a5fc73674963d31c48a6114e92299
+---
+ sw/qa/core/text/text.cxx | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/sw/qa/core/text/text.cxx b/sw/qa/core/text/text.cxx
+index 9ffae51f175f..0ddc9a0885d8 100644
+--- a/sw/qa/core/text/text.cxx
++++ b/sw/qa/core/text/text.cxx
+@@ -681,6 +681,10 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwCoreTextTest, testContentControlPDF)
+ 
+ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SwCoreTextTest, testContentControlPlaceholderPDF)
+ {
++    std::shared_ptr<vcl::pdf::PDFium> pPDFium = vcl::pdf::PDFiumLibrary::get();
++    if (!pPDFium)
++        return;
++
+     // Given a file with a content control, in placeholder mode:
+     createSwDoc();
+     SwDoc* pDoc = getSwDoc();
+-- 
+2.39.1
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index a5d6de2..7f68444 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ Patch1: 0001-disble-tip-of-the-day-dialog-by-default.patch
 Patch2: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-1432468-disable-opencl-by-default.patch
 # backported
 Patch3: 0001-Revert-tdf-101630-gdrive-support-w-oAuth-and-Drive-A.patch
+Patch4: 0001-don-t-crash-with-disable-pdfium.patch
 # TODO investigate these
 Patch4: 0001-aarch64-failing-here.patch
 Patch5: 0001-include-filename-if-the-test-fails.patch