diff --git a/0001-Revert-Rework-detection-of-mupdf.patch b/0001-Revert-Rework-detection-of-mupdf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9133fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Revert-Rework-detection-of-mupdf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+From 10c8edffbf9b814bb95e74b04a6a1d7fb729b4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+Message-Id: <10c8edffbf9b814bb95e74b04a6a1d7fb729b4b4.1644786121.git.mjg@fedoraproject.org>
+From: Michael J Gruber <mjg@fedoraproject.org>
+Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 22:00:59 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Rework detection of mupdf"
+
+This reverts commit 49a85efb915bfed933d251f6074b807d0e1ef385.
+
+On Fedora, neither pkconfig nor cmake find mupdf the way meson looks for
+it. Also, we don't mujs since mupdf builds against the in-tree copy.
+
+Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <mjg@fedoraproject.org>
+---
+ meson.build       | 17 +++++------------
+ meson_options.txt |  6 ++++++
+ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index c8c19dc..07abdf5 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ zathura = dependency('zathura', version: '>=0.3.9')
+ girara = dependency('girara-gtk3')
+ glib = dependency('glib-2.0')
+ cairo = dependency('cairo')
+-mupdf = dependency('mupdf', required: false)
++mupdf = cc.find_library('mupdf')
+ mupdfthird = cc.find_library('mupdf-third')
+ 
+ build_dependencies = [
+@@ -27,23 +27,17 @@ build_dependencies = [
+   girara,
+   glib,
+   cairo,
++  mupdf,
++  mupdfthird
+ ]
+ 
+-if not mupdf.found()
+-  # normal build of mupdf
+-  mupdf = cc.find_library('mupdf')
+-  build_dependencies += [mupdf, mupdfthird]
+-else
+-  # build from Debian's libmupdf-dev
+-  build_dependencies += [mupdf, mupdfthird]
+-
++if get_option('link-external')
+   libjpeg = dependency('libjpeg')
+   libjbig2dec = cc.find_library('jbig2dec')
+   libopenjp2 = dependency('libopenjp2')
+   gumbo = dependency('gumbo')
+   tesseract = dependency('tesseract')
+   leptonica = dependency('lept')
+-  mujs = dependency('mujs')
+ 
+   build_dependencies += [
+     libjpeg,
+@@ -51,8 +45,7 @@ else
+     libopenjp2,
+     gumbo,
+     tesseract,
+-    leptonica,
+-    mujs
++    leptonica
+   ]
+ endif
+ 
+diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
+index c8df610..db9d0c5 100644
+--- a/meson_options.txt
++++ b/meson_options.txt
+@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
++option('link-external',
++  type: 'boolean',
++  value: false,
++  description: 'Link external libraries required by mupdf.'
++)
++
+ option('plugindir',
+   type: 'string',
+   value: '',
+-- 
+2.35.1.306.ga00bde9711
+
diff --git a/zathura-pdf-mupdf.spec b/zathura-pdf-mupdf.spec
index 9270d7b..59b472b 100644
--- a/zathura-pdf-mupdf.spec
+++ b/zathura-pdf-mupdf.spec
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 Name:             zathura-pdf-mupdf
 
 Version:          0.3.8
-Release:          1%{?dist}
+Release:          2%{?dist}
 Summary:          PDF support for zathura via mupdf
 License:          zlib
 URL:              https://pwmt.org/projects/%{name}/
 Source0:          %{url}/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Patch1:           0001-Revert-Rework-detection-of-mupdf.patch
+
 BuildRequires:    binutils
 BuildRequires:    cairo-devel
 # Needed to validate the desktop file
@@ -65,6 +67,11 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/*.metainf
 %{_datadir}/metainfo/org.pwmt.zathura-pdf-mupdf.metainfo.xml
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 13 2022 Ankur Sinha <ankursinha AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 0.3.8-2
+- merge https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/zathura-pdf-mupdf/pull-request/12
+- Remove upstreamed patch
+- Restore build with external libraries
+
 * Sat Apr 02 2022 Ankur Sinha <ankursinha AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 0.3.8-1
 - update to latest release