diff --git a/cdrdao-1.2.3-narrowing.patch b/cdrdao-1.2.3-narrowing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0637ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdrdao-1.2.3-narrowing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -up wrk/dao/CdrDriver.cc.wrk wrk/dao/CdrDriver.cc
+--- wrk/dao/CdrDriver.cc.wrk	2016-02-16 14:06:23.158392345 +0100
++++ wrk/dao/CdrDriver.cc	2016-02-16 14:07:11.654597254 +0100
+@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ unsigned char CdrDriver::syncPattern[12]
+   0, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0
+ };
+ 
+-char CdrDriver::REMOTE_MSG_SYNC_[4] = { 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00 };
++unsigned char CdrDriver::REMOTE_MSG_SYNC_[4] = { 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00 };
+ 
+ 
+ /* Maps a string to the corresponding driver option value 
+diff -up wrk/dao/CdrDriver.h.wrk wrk/dao/CdrDriver.h
+--- wrk/dao/CdrDriver.h.wrk	2016-02-16 14:21:18.454174199 +0100
++++ wrk/dao/CdrDriver.h	2016-02-16 14:21:42.381275268 +0100
+@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ protected:
+   bool fullBurn_;
+ 
+   static unsigned char syncPattern[12];
+-  static char REMOTE_MSG_SYNC_[4];
++  static unsigned char REMOTE_MSG_SYNC_[4];
+ 
+   static int speed2Mult(int);
+   static int mult2Speed(int);
diff --git a/cdrdao.spec b/cdrdao.spec
index e847499..4b95f3f 100644
--- a/cdrdao.spec
+++ b/cdrdao.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:   Writes audio CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode
 Name:      cdrdao
 Version:   1.2.3
-Release:   26%{?dist}
+Release:   27%{?dist}
 License:   GPLv2+
 Group:     Applications/Multimedia
 URL:       http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ ExcludeArch: s390 s390x
 Patch1: cdrdao-1.2.3-stat.patch
 Patch2: cdrdao-1.2.3-helpmansync.patch
 Patch3: cdrdao-1.2.3-format_security.patch
+Patch4: cdrdao-1.2.3-narrowing.patch
 
 %description
 Cdrdao records audio CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode, based on a
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ of pre-gaps, the pause areas between tracks.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .stat
 %patch2 -p1 -b .helpmansync
 %patch3 -p1 -b .format_security
+%patch4 -p1 -b .narrowing
 
 %build
 #run autoreconf to support aarch64
@@ -68,6 +70,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name "*.la" -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 16 2016 Frantisek Kluknavsky <fkluknav@redhat.com> - 1.2.3-27
+- FTBFS when 255 assigned to a char fixed (narrowing), added cdrdao-1.2.3-narrowing.patch
+
 * Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.3-26
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild