diff --git a/libidn2.patch b/libidn2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a98497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libidn2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 78b9ce2..b9c1563 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -910,9 +910,9 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_MINIZIP, [ test "${have_minizip}" = "yes" ])
+ 
+ 
+ dnl
+-dnl Domain name i18n support via GNU libidn
++dnl Domain name i18n support via GNU libidn2
+ dnl
+-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([IDN], [libidn], [
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES([IDN], [libidn2], [
+   have_libidn="yes"
+   AC_DEFINE([HAVE_IDN], 1, [Define to 1 if you have GNU libidn.])
+ ], [
+diff --git a/src/text/url.c b/src/text/url.c
+index 2eb4b8d..467b7f3 100644
+--- a/src/text/url.c
++++ b/src/text/url.c
+@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ char *vlc_uri_fixup(const char *str)
+ }
+ 
+ #if defined (HAVE_IDN)
+-# include <idna.h>
++# include <idn2.h>
+ #elif defined (_WIN32)
+ # include <windows.h>
+ # include <vlc_charset.h>
+@@ -914,16 +914,13 @@ static char *vlc_idna_to_ascii (const char *idn)
+ #if defined (HAVE_IDN)
+     char *adn;
+ 
+-    switch (idna_to_ascii_8z(idn, &adn, IDNA_ALLOW_UNASSIGNED))
++    switch (idn2_to_ascii_8z(idn, &adn, IDN2_ALLOW_UNASSIGNED|IDN2_NFC_INPUT|IDN2_NONTRANSITIONAL))
+     {
+-        case IDNA_SUCCESS:
++        case IDN2_OK:
+             return adn;
+-        case IDNA_MALLOC_ERROR:
++        case IDN2_MALLOC:
+             errno = ENOMEM;
+             return NULL;
+-        case IDNA_DLOPEN_ERROR:
+-            errno = ENOSYS;
+-            return NULL;
+         default:
+             errno = EINVAL;
+             return NULL;
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index f93f962..cece37e 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Patch:		appdata.patch
 # GCC 14 fixes from upstream
 Patch:		https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/merge_requests/4645.patch
 Patch:		https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/merge_requests/4665.patch
+# port from libidn to libidn2
+Patch:          libidn2.patch
 
 %{load:%{S:1}}
 %global __provides_exclude_from ^%{vlc_plugindir}/.*$
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libdvbpsi)
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libebml) >= 1.3.6
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libgme)
 #BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libgoom2)
-BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libidn)
+BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libidn2)
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libmatroska)
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libmodplug) >= 0.8.9.0
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libmpeg2) >= 0.3.2