diff --git a/nheko-modern-spdlog.patch b/nheko-modern-spdlog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4535225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nheko-modern-spdlog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index fda60b7..cca69ff 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
+ 
+ add_definitions(-DBOOST_MPL_LIMIT_LIST_SIZE=30)
+ add_definitions(-DBOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_PREPROCESSED_HEADERS)
++add_definitions(-DSPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB)
++add_definitions(-DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
+ 
+ include(GNUInstallDirs)
+ 
+@@ -395,6 +397,7 @@ set(COMMON_LIBS
+     MatrixClient::MatrixClient
+     ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+     cmark::cmark
++    spdlog::spdlog
+     Qt5::Widgets
+     Qt5::Svg
+     Qt5::Concurrent
diff --git a/nheko.spec b/nheko.spec
index 07a8872..5c29769 100644
--- a/nheko.spec
+++ b/nheko.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Summary: Desktop client for the Matrix protocol
 License: GPLv3+
 URL: https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko
 Source0: %{url}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch100: %{name}-modern-spdlog.patch
 
 BuildRequires: cmake(Qt5Svg)
 BuildRequires: cmake(Qt5DBus)