diff --git a/vigra-1.8.0.gcc47.patch b/vigra-1.8.0.gcc47.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6dc8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vigra-1.8.0.gcc47.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ru vigra-1.8.0/include/vigra/numpy_array.hxx vigra-1.8.0.new/include/vigra/numpy_array.hxx
+--- vigra-1.8.0/include/vigra/numpy_array.hxx	2011-09-20 19:38:36.000000000 +0100
++++ vigra-1.8.0.new/include/vigra/numpy_array.hxx	2012-02-27 21:03:54.000000000 +0000
+@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@
+ 
+         this->m_stride /= sizeof(value_type);
+         this->m_ptr = reinterpret_cast<pointer>(pyArray()->data);
+-        vigra_precondition(checkInnerStride(Stride()),
++        vigra_precondition(this->checkInnerStride(Stride()),
+             "NumpyArray<..., UnstridedArrayTag>::setupArrayView(): First dimension of given array is not unstrided (should never happen).");
+ 
+     }
diff --git a/vigra.spec b/vigra.spec
index d0ec0c1..544398c 100644
--- a/vigra.spec
+++ b/vigra.spec
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 Summary:        Generic Programming for Computer Vision
 Name:           vigra
 Version:        1.8.0
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 Source:         http://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}-src.tar.gz
 Patch1:         vigra-1.8.0.lib_suffix.patch
+Patch2:         vigra-1.8.0.gcc47.patch
 URL:            http://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/vigra/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel libtiff-devel fftw-devel >= 3
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ The vigra-python package provides python bindings for vigra
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %cmake .
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{python_sitearch}/vigra
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 27 2012 Bruno Postle <bruno@postle.net> 1.8.0-4
+- patch to build with gcc-4.7.0
+
 * Sat Jan 14 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.0-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild