diff --git a/mmseq-static-data-members-initialization-c++11.patch b/mmseq-static-data-members-initialization-c++11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc98846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mmseq-static-data-members-initialization-c++11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ur mmseq-1.0.8a/src/bms.hpp mmseq-1.0.8a.new/src/bms.hpp
+--- mmseq-1.0.8a/src/bms.hpp	2014-01-09 22:45:54.000000000 +0000
++++ mmseq-1.0.8a.new/src/bms.hpp	2016-02-12 10:00:33.330772798 +0000
+@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
+   vector<bool> Pnil;
+   bool fixalpha;
+ 
+-  static const double g=2.0;
++  static constexpr double g=2.0;
+   gsl_rng ** rg;
+   int max_threads;
+ 
diff --git a/mmseq.spec b/mmseq.spec
index 874bb0c..74917b6 100644
--- a/mmseq.spec
+++ b/mmseq.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Patch0:		mmseq-sam-header.patch
 #Patch1:		mmseq-flags.patch
 Patch2:		mmseq-zlib.patch
 Patch3:		mmseq-iostream-c++11.patch
+Patch4:		mmseq-static-data-members-initialization-c++11.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:	boost-devel
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ estimation using multi-mapping RNA-seq reads.  Example scripts are included.
 %patch2 -p1 -b .mmseq-zlib.patch
 #Fix for C++11 iostream changes
 %patch3 -p1 -b .mmseq-iostream-c++11.patch
+#Fix for C++11 static data member initialization changes
+%patch4 -p1 -b .mmseq-static-data-members-initialization-c++11.patch
 
 #Remove bundled binaries
 rm bin/*-linux
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %changelog
 * Fri Feb 12 2016 Adam Huffman <bloch@verdurin.com> - 1.0.8a-10
 - patch to add compatibility with C++11 iostream
+- patch to add compatibility with C++11 static data member initialization
 
 * Wed Feb 10 2016 Adam Huffman <bloch@verdurin.com> - 1.0.8a-9
 - rebuilt to pick up new armadillo