diff --git a/pg_journal-0001-rhbz1337710-out_of_memory_fix.patch b/pg_journal-0001-rhbz1337710-out_of_memory_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4aff7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pg_journal-0001-rhbz1337710-out_of_memory_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+diff -uNr pg_journal-0.2.0.old/src/pg_journal.c pg_journal-0.2.0.rm_fmt/src/pg_journal.c
+--- pg_journal-0.2.0.old/src/pg_journal.c	2013-05-17 17:19:06.000000000 +0000
++++ pg_journal-0.2.0.rm_fmt/src/pg_journal.c	2016-04-12 17:28:28.033445748 +0000
+@@ -206,6 +206,15 @@
+ }
+ 
+ static void
++append_int(StringInfo str, struct iovec *field, const char *key, int value)
++{
++	char value_str[1024];
++	
++	sprintf(value_str, "%d", value);
++	append_string(str, field, key, value_str);
++}
++
++static void
+ append_string3(StringInfo str, struct iovec *field, const char *key,
+ 			   const char *s1, const char *s2, const char *s3)
+ {
+@@ -219,36 +228,7 @@
+ 	field->iov_len = str->len - old_len;
+ }
+ 
+-static void
+-append_fmt(StringInfo str, struct iovec *field, const char *fmt, ...)
+-/* This extension allows gcc to check the format string */
+-__attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 3, 4)));
+-
+-/* See backend/lib/stringinfo.c function appendStringInfo */
+-static void
+-append_fmt(StringInfo str, struct iovec *field, const char *fmt, ...)
+-{
+-	size_t old_len = str->len;
+-	va_list args;
+-	bool success;
+-
+-	/* appendStringInfoVA can fail due to insufficient space */
+-	while (1) {
+-		va_start(args, fmt);
+-		success = appendStringInfoVA(str, fmt, args);
+-		va_end(args);
+-
+-		if (success)
+-			break;
+-
+-		/* Double the buffer size and try again. */
+-		enlargeStringInfo(str, str->maxlen);
+-	}
+-
+-	field->iov_len = str->len - old_len;
+-}
+-
+-#define MAX_FIELDS	 23 /* NB! Keep this in sync when adding fields! */
++#define MAX_FIELDS	 25 /* NB! Keep this in sync when adding fields! */
+ 
+ static void
+ journal_emit_log(ErrorData *edata)
+@@ -283,8 +263,8 @@
+ 										   ":  ",
+ 										   edata->message);
+ 
+-	append_fmt(&buf, &fields[n++], "PRIORITY=%d", elevel_to_syslog(edata->elevel));
+-	append_fmt(&buf, &fields[n++], "PGLEVEL=%d", edata->elevel);
++	append_int(&buf, &fields[n++], "PRIORITY=", elevel_to_syslog(edata->elevel));
++	append_int(&buf, &fields[n++], "PGLEVEL=", edata->elevel);
+ 
+ 	if (edata->sqlerrcode)
+ 		append_string(&buf, &fields[n++], "SQLSTATE=",
+@@ -329,7 +309,7 @@
+ 	if (edata->filename)
+ 		append_string(&buf, &fields[n++], "CODE_FILE=", edata->filename);
+ 	if (edata->lineno > 0)
+-		append_fmt(&buf, &fields[n++],    "CODE_LINE=%d", edata->lineno);
++		append_int(&buf, &fields[n++],    "CODE_LINE=", edata->lineno);
+ 	if (edata->funcname)
+ 		append_string(&buf, &fields[n++], "CODE_FUNCTION=", edata->funcname);
+ #endif /* SD_JOURNAL_SUPPRESS_LOCATION */
diff --git a/pg_journal.spec b/pg_journal.spec
index 087b653..1682936 100644
--- a/pg_journal.spec
+++ b/pg_journal.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 Name:		pg_journal
 Version:	0.2.0
-Release:	11%{?dist}
+Release:	12%{?dist}
 Summary:	Module for sending log messages directly to the systemd journal
 
 License:	PostgreSQL
 URL:		https://github.com/intgr/pg_journal
 Source0:	https://github.com/downloads/intgr/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/intgr/pg_journal/issues/1
+Patch0:		pg_journal-0001-rhbz1337710-out_of_memory_fix.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ sending log messages directly to the systemd journal log.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%autopatch -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -39,6 +42,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir}/pgsql/contrib/pg_journal.md
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 24 2016 Tomasz Torcz <ttorcz@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.0-12
+- include patch from Ed Behn, fixing startup failure (rhbz#1337710)
+
 * Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.0-11
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild