diff --git a/sane-backends-1.0.18-glibc-2.7.patch b/sane-backends-1.0.18-glibc-2.7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61610f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sane-backends-1.0.18-glibc-2.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- sane-backends-1.0.18/backend/plustek_pp.c.glibc-2.7	2006-02-19 12:32:24.000000000 +0100
++++ sane-backends-1.0.18/backend/plustek_pp.c	2007-08-08 14:34:45.000000000 +0200
+@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static int drvopen(	Plustek_Device *dev 
+ 
+     DBG( _DBG_INFO, "drvopen()\n" );
+ 
+-	handle = dev->open((const char*)dev->name, (void *)dev );
++	handle = (dev->open)((const char*)dev->name, (void *)dev );
+ 
+ 	tsecs = 0;
+ 
diff --git a/sane-backends.spec b/sane-backends.spec
index 9069147..06630cb 100644
--- a/sane-backends.spec
+++ b/sane-backends.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Patch5: sane-backends-1.0.18-logical_vs_binary.patch
 Patch6: sane-backends-1.0.18-usb_reset.patch
 Patch7: sane-backends-1.0.18-udev-symlink.patch
 Patch8: sane-backends-1.0.18-udev-098.patch
+Patch9: sane-backends-1.0.18-glibc-2.7.patch
 URL: http://www.sane-project.org
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root-%(%__id_u -n)
 BuildRequires: tetex-latex libusb-devel libieee1284-devel libjpeg-devel
@@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ want to access digital cameras.
 %patch8 -p1 -b .udev-098
 %endif
 
+%patch9 -p1 -b .glibc-2.7
+
 for i in agfafocus avision coolscan2 umax_pp; do
 	iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 < "doc/sane-$i.man" > "doc/sane-$i.man_"
 	mv "doc/sane-$i.man_" "doc/sane-$i.man"
@@ -248,6 +251,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %changelog
 * Wed Aug 08 2007 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@redhat.com> - 1.0.18-14
 - make udev rules more robust (#243953)
+- bring code in shape for glibc-2.7
 
 * Wed Jul 25 2007 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> - 1.0.18-13
 - rebuild for toolchain bug