diff --git a/icewm-1.3.8-narrowingfix.patch b/icewm-1.3.8-narrowingfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a06a46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icewm-1.3.8-narrowingfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -up icewm-1.3.8/src/icesh.cc.narrowingfix icewm-1.3.8/src/icesh.cc
+--- icewm-1.3.8/src/icesh.cc.narrowingfix	2017-01-03 15:53:33.537699919 -0500
++++ icewm-1.3.8/src/icesh.cc	2017-01-03 15:53:52.717596858 -0500
+@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Symbol trayOptionIdentifiers[] = {
+ };
+ 
+ SymbolTable layers = {
+-    layerIdentifiers, 0, WinLayerCount - 1, WinLayerInvalid
++    layerIdentifiers, 0, WinLayerCount - 1, (long)WinLayerInvalid
+ };
+ 
+ SymbolTable states = {
+@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ SymbolTable hints = {
+ };
+ 
+ SymbolTable trayOptions = {
+-    trayOptionIdentifiers, 0, WinTrayOptionCount - 1, WinTrayInvalid
++    trayOptionIdentifiers, 0, WinTrayOptionCount - 1, (long)WinTrayInvalid
+ };
+ 
+ /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/icewm.spec b/icewm.spec
index 6d37a51..53bfcf1 100644
--- a/icewm.spec
+++ b/icewm.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Patch5:		icewm-1.3.7-dso.patch
 Patch6:		icewm-defaults.patch
 Patch7:		icewm-1.3.7-menuiconsize.patch
 Patch8:		icewm-1.3.8-deprecated.patch
+Patch9:		icewm-1.3.8-narrowingfix.patch
 
 
 %description
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ older Fedora releases and RHEL.
 %patch6 -p0 -b .defaults
 %patch7 -p1 -b .menuiconsize
 %patch8 -p0 -b .deprecated
-
+%patch9 -p1 -b .narrowingfix
 
 %build
 autoreconf -vif