diff --git a/hunspell-en.spec b/hunspell-en.spec
index a5a70fb..1d6b607 100644
--- a/hunspell-en.spec
+++ b/hunspell-en.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Name: hunspell-en
 Summary: English hunspell dictionaries
 %global upstreamid 20140811.1
 Version: 0.%{upstreamid}
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 Source0: https://github.com/kevina/wordlist/archive/rel-2014.08.11.1.tar.gz
 Source1: http://en-gb.pyxidium.co.uk/dictionary/en_GB.zip
 #See http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/extensions/spellcheck/locales/en-US/hunspell/mozilla_words.diff?raw=1
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Patch8: hunspell-en-dont-call-git-during-build.patch
 Patch9: hunspell-en-fixbuild.patch
 #rhbz#1492306 for better or worse treat etc the same in US and GB
 Patch10: en_GB.etc.patch
+#rhbz#1494968 perl tightened up regex rules
+Patch11: perl.regex.patch
 URL: http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/
 License: LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2 and BSD
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ UK English hunspell dictionaries
 %patch8 -p1 -b .nogit
 %patch9 -p1 -b .fixbuild
 %patch10 -p1 -b .etc
+%patch11 -p1 -b .regex
 
 %build
 export PERL5LIB=`pwd`/scowl/r/varcon${PERL5LIB:+:${PERL5LIB}}
@@ -120,6 +123,9 @@ popd
 %{_datadir}/myspell/en_GB.*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 25 2017 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20140811.1-9
+- Resolves: rhbz#1494968 perl regex rule changes result in broken en_US dict
+
 * Thu Sep 21 2017 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20140811.1-8
 - Resolves: rhbz#1492306 for better or worse treat etc the same in US and GB
 
diff --git a/perl.regex.patch b/perl.regex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8086cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl.regex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/scowl/src/add-affixes	2017-09-25 11:58:46.898706402 +0100
++++ b/scowl/src/add-affixes	2017-09-25 11:59:46.952904766 +0100
+@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
+   next unless $q eq '' || $use_all >= 2;
+   my @a = split /, | \| /, $a;
+   @a = grep {my ($word,$tags,$level)
+-		 = /^([A-Za-z\']+)([~<!?]*)(| [\d.]+)(| {\S+})$/ or die $_;
++		 = /^([A-Za-z\']+)([~<!?]*)(| [\d.]+)(| \{\S+\})$/ or die $_;
+ 	     $_ = $word;
+ 	     $tags !~ /~|\?|!</ && $level <= $inc_level} @a;
+   @a = grep {not $remove{"$w:$p:$_"}} @a;
+--- a/scowl/src/add-other-forms	2017-09-25 12:04:44.139040499 +0100
++++ b/scowl/src/add-other-forms	2017-09-25 12:04:55.521509492 +0100
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+   splice @a0, -1, 0, "'" if $p eq 'V' && @a0 >= 3; # insert placeholder
+   @a = ();
+   foreach (@a0) {
+-    s/ {.+?}//g; s/ \(.+?\)//g; 
++    s/ \{.+?\}//g; s/ \(.+?\)//g; 
+     s/ \| / /g; s/ \/ / /g;
+     push @a, (split / /, $_);
+   }