diff --git a/0f6465ca6ddfb882db15c54685ba218e5c59c430.diff b/0f6465ca6ddfb882db15c54685ba218e5c59c430.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd98977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0f6465ca6ddfb882db15c54685ba218e5c59c430.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/libgnucash/engine/gnc-uri-utils.c b/libgnucash/engine/gnc-uri-utils.c
+index 56390041c2..0158820e31 100644
+--- a/libgnucash/engine/gnc-uri-utils.c
++++ b/libgnucash/engine/gnc-uri-utils.c
+@@ -323,7 +323,22 @@ gchar *gnc_uri_create_uri (const gchar *scheme,
+         else
+             uri_scheme = g_strdup (scheme);
+ 
+-        if (g_str_has_prefix (abs_path, "/"))
++        /* Arrive here with...
++         *
++         * /my/path/to/file with space.txt
++         * becomes file:///my/path/to/file with space.txt
++         *
++         * c:\my\path\to\file with space.txt
++         * becomes file:///c:\my\path\to\file with space.txt
++         *
++         * \\myserver\share\path\to\file with space.txt
++         * becomes file://\\myserver\share\path\to\file with space.txt
++         *
++         * probably they should all be forward slashs and spaces escaped
++         * also with UNC it could be file://myserver/share/path/to/file with space.txt
++         */
++
++        if (g_str_has_prefix (abs_path, "/") || g_str_has_prefix (abs_path, "\\"))
+             uri = g_strdup_printf ( "%s://%s", uri_scheme, abs_path );
+         else // for windows add an extra "/"
+             uri = g_strdup_printf ( "%s:///%s", uri_scheme, abs_path );
diff --git a/gnucash.spec b/gnucash.spec
index f33c023..c8a9acd 100644
--- a/gnucash.spec
+++ b/gnucash.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ URL: http://gnucash.org/
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Source: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/gnucash-%{version}.tar.bz2
+# upstream patch for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1698706
+Patch1: 0f6465ca6ddfb882db15c54685ba218e5c59c430.diff
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563466
 ExcludeArch: ppc64 s390x
 
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/metainfo/gnucas
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/gnucash/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 15 2019 Bill Nottingham <notting@splat.cc> - 3.5-2
+- add upstream patch for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1698706
+
 * Tue Apr  2 2019 Bill Nottingham <notting@splat.cc> - 3.5-1
 - update to 3.5