diff --git a/srcpkgs/libspectre/patches/fix-ghostscript.patch b/srcpkgs/libspectre/patches/fix-ghostscript.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e72728079c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libspectre/patches/fix-ghostscript.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Newer ghostscript has new enumeration names for the error codes.
+
+--- libspectre/spectre-gs.c	2010-04-18 18:01:05.000000000 +0200
++++ libspectre/spectre-gs.c	2015-10-15 04:26:50.142190302 +0200
+@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@
+ 	
+ 	if (code <= -100) {
+ 		switch (code) {
+-			case e_Fatal:
++			case gs_error_Fatal:
+ 				fprintf (stderr, "fatal internal error %d", code);
+ 				return TRUE;
+ 				break;
+ 
+-			case e_ExecStackUnderflow:
++			case gs_error_execstackoverflow:
+ 				fprintf (stderr, "stack overflow %d", code);
+ 				return TRUE;
+ 				break;
+@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
+ 		set = _spectre_strdup_printf ("%d %d translate\n", -x, -y);
+ 		error = gsapi_run_string_continue (ghostscript_instance, set, strlen (set),
+ 						   0, &exit_code);
+-		error = error == e_NeedInput ? 0 : error;
++		error = error == gs_error_NeedInput ? 0 : error;
+ 		free (set);
+-		if (error != e_NeedInput && critic_error_code (error)) {
++		if (error != gs_error_NeedInput && critic_error_code (error)) {
+ 			fclose (fd);
+ 			return FALSE;
+ 		}
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
+ 		read = fread (buf, sizeof (char), to_read, fd);
+ 		error = gsapi_run_string_continue (ghostscript_instance,
+ 						   buf, read, 0, &exit_code);
+-		error = error == e_NeedInput ? 0 : error;
++		error = error == gs_error_NeedInput ? 0 : error;
+ 		left -= read;
+ 	}
+ 	
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libspectre/template b/srcpkgs/libspectre/template
index 801c0969b6b..2713db39c6b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libspectre/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libspectre/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libspectre'
 pkgname=libspectre
 version=0.2.7
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 makedepends="ghostscript-devel"