diff --git a/doxygen-1.8.16-#7248.patch b/doxygen-1.8.16-#7248.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a79b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doxygen-1.8.16-#7248.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+diff -up doxygen-1.8.16/src/tagreader.cpp.me doxygen-1.8.16/src/tagreader.cpp
+--- doxygen-1.8.16/src/tagreader.cpp.me	2019-09-16 20:47:16.428896400 +0200
++++ doxygen-1.8.16/src/tagreader.cpp	2019-09-16 20:48:53.426648016 +0200
+@@ -494,6 +494,23 @@ class TagFileParser : public QXmlDefault
+ 
+     void endDocAnchor()
+     {
++      // Check whether or not the tag is automatically generate, in that case ignore the tag.
++      switch(m_state)
++      {
++        case InClass:
++        case InFile:
++        case InNamespace:
++        case InGroup:
++        case InPage:
++        case InMember:
++        case InPackage:
++        case InDir:
++          if (QString(m_curString).startsWith("autotoc_md")) return;
++          break;
++        default:
++          warn("Unexpected tag 'docanchor' found");
++          return;
++      }
+       switch(m_state)
+       {
+         case InClass:     m_curClass->docAnchors.append(new TagAnchorInfo(m_fileName,m_curString,m_title)); break;
+@@ -504,7 +521,7 @@ class TagFileParser : public QXmlDefault
+         case InMember:    m_curMember->docAnchors.append(new TagAnchorInfo(m_fileName,m_curString,m_title)); break;
+         case InPackage:   m_curPackage->docAnchors.append(new TagAnchorInfo(m_fileName,m_curString,m_title)); break;
+         case InDir:       m_curDir->docAnchors.append(new TagAnchorInfo(m_fileName,m_curString,m_title)); break;
+-        default:   warn("Unexpected tag 'docanchor' found"); break; 
++        default:   warn("Unexpected tag 'docanchor' found"); break; // Not really necessary anymore 
+       }
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/doxygen.spec b/doxygen.spec
index d33ad46..5498712 100644
--- a/doxygen.spec
+++ b/doxygen.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Summary: A documentation system for C/C++
 Name:    doxygen
 Epoch:   1
 Version: 1.8.16
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 
 # No version is specified.
 License: GPL+
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Source1: doxywizard.png
 Source2: doxywizard.desktop
 
 # upstream patches
+Patch0: doxygen-1.8.16-#7248.patch
 
 BuildRequires: %{_bindir}/python3
 
@@ -188,7 +189,10 @@ make tests -C %{_target_platform}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Sep 11 2019 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 1.8.16-1
+* Mon Sep 16 2019 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.16-2
+- backpored upstream patch to fix #7248
+
+* Wed Sep 11 2019 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.16-1
 - resolves #1742614, update to 1.8.16
 
 * Wed Jul 24 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.8.15-10