diff --git a/audacity-1.3.5-flac-import.patch b/audacity-1.3.5-flac-import.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c78ab23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audacity-1.3.5-flac-import.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Nur audacity-src-1.3.5-beta-orig/src/import/ImportFLAC.cpp audacity-src-1.3.5-beta/src/import/ImportFLAC.cpp
+--- audacity-src-1.3.5-beta-orig/src/import/ImportFLAC.cpp	2008-05-07 23:19:50.000000000 +0200
++++ audacity-src-1.3.5-beta/src/import/ImportFLAC.cpp	2008-11-07 13:48:58.000000000 +0100
+@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@
+               Tags *tags)
+ {
+    wxASSERT(mStreamInfoDone);
++   if (!mStreamInfoDone)
++      return false;
+    
+    mChannels = new WaveTrack *[mNumChannels];
+ 
diff --git a/audacity.spec b/audacity.spec
index e74bc6d..d01e3aa 100644
--- a/audacity.spec
+++ b/audacity.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name: audacity
 Version: 1.3.5
-Release: 0.7.beta%{?dist}
+Release: 0.8.beta%{?dist}
 Summary: Multitrack audio editor
 Group: Applications/Multimedia
 License: GPLv2
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Source2: audacity.desktop
 Patch1: audacity-1.3.4-libmp3lame-default.patch
 Patch2: audacity-1.3.5-libdir.patch
 Patch3: audacity-1.3.5-fr.patch
+Patch4: audacity-1.3.5-flac-import.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: alsa-lib-devel
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ done
 grep -q -s __RPM_LIB * -R && exit 1
 
 %patch3 -p1 -b .fr
+%patch4 -p1 -b .dumb-flac-import
 
 # Substitute occurences of "libmp3lame.so" with "libmp3lame.so.0".
 for i in locale/*.po src/export/ExportMP3.cpp
@@ -132,6 +134,9 @@ update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov  4 2008 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.5-0.8.beta
+- insert a guard in ImportFLAC next to the import assertion
+
 * Tue Nov  4 2008 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.5-0.7.beta
 - BR vamp-plugin-sdk-devel
 - no longer build with included Vamp API, also drop Vamp multilib patch