diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/patches/enchant-2.patch b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/patches/enchant-2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08cd839c78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/patches/enchant-2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+commit ca949e8add6c45603cc41c8a31495c205c16738e
+Author: Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger@uvena.de>
+Date:   Sat Mar 17 15:43:26 2018 +0100
+
+    Spellcheck: support new "enchant-2" package name
+    
+    Fixes #728.
+
+diff --git a/build/spellcheck.m4 b/build/spellcheck.m4
+index 6f7e4d0..4ea5341 100644
+--- build/spellcheck.m4
++++ build/spellcheck.m4
+@@ -2,17 +2,34 @@ AC_DEFUN([GP_CHECK_SPELLCHECK],
+ [
+     GP_ARG_DISABLE([spellcheck], [auto])
+ 
++    ENCHANT_PACKAGE_NAME=enchant-2
+     ENCHANT_VERSION=1.3
+     ENCHANT_VERSION_1_5=1.5
+     ENCHANT_VERSION_2_0=2.0
+-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ENCHANT_1_5], [enchant >= ${ENCHANT_VERSION_1_5}],
+-                      have_enchant_1_5=yes,
+-                      have_enchant_1_5=no)
+-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ENCHANT_2_0], [enchant >= ${ENCHANT_VERSION_2_0}],
+-                      have_enchant_2_0=yes,
+-                      have_enchant_2_0=no)
++    ENCHANT_VERSION_2_2=2.2
++
++    # check for enchant package
++    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ENCHANT_2_2], [${ENCHANT_PACKAGE_NAME} >= ${ENCHANT_VERSION_2_2}],
++                      have_enchant_2_2=yes,
++                      have_enchant_2_2=no)
++    if [[ x"$have_enchant_2_2" = "xyes" ]]; then
++        # we have got the new enchant-2 package
++        have_enchant_1_5=yes
++        have_enchant_2_0=yes
++    else
++        # check for old enchant package
++        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ENCHANT_1_5], [enchant >= ${ENCHANT_VERSION_1_5}],
++                          have_enchant_1_5=yes,
++                          have_enchant_1_5=no)
++        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ENCHANT_2_0], [enchant >= ${ENCHANT_VERSION_2_0}],
++                          have_enchant_2_0=yes,
++                          have_enchant_2_0=no)
++
++        ENCHANT_PACKAGE_NAME=enchant
++    fi
++
+     GP_CHECK_PLUGIN_DEPS([spellcheck], [ENCHANT],
+-                         [enchant >= ${ENCHANT_VERSION}])
++                         [${ENCHANT_PACKAGE_NAME} >= ${ENCHANT_VERSION}])
+ 
+     AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_ENCHANT_1_5], [test "$have_enchant_1_5" = yes])
+     AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_ENCHANT_2_0], [test "$have_enchant_2_0" = yes])
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
index 0a35826e977..edeb71a2149 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'geany-plugins'
 pkgname=geany-plugins
 version=1.33.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 --enable-all-plugins --disable-devhelp
  --disable-markdown --disable-peg-markdown --disable-webhelper"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel intltool libtool pkg-config vala
  glib-devel python-devel"
 makedepends="geany-devel lua51-devel ctpl-devel libwnck2-devel GConf-devel
- zlib-devel gpgme-devel enchant-devel pygtk-devel libgit2-devel libsoup-devel
+ zlib-devel gpgme-devel enchant2-devel pygtk-devel libgit2-devel libsoup-devel
  gtkspell-devel"
 short_desc="Geany IDE plugins"
 maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://plugins.geany.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/geany/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e889073b573452c91b4d3d87ce45bd4bb57f63e4cde03dea25b6304c5a89bf55