diff --git a/ratbox-services-1.2.1-oldflex.patch b/ratbox-services-1.2.1-oldflex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..574c79a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ratbox-services-1.2.1-oldflex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -up ratbox-services-1.2.1/src/lexer.l~ ratbox-services-1.2.1/src/lexer.l
+--- ratbox-services-1.2.1/src/lexer.l~	2004-09-25 18:25:25.000000000 +0300
++++ ratbox-services-1.2.1/src/lexer.l	2013-02-23 21:55:38.513708448 +0200
+@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ int yylex(void);
+ int yyget_lineno(void);
+ FILE *yyget_in(void);
+ FILE *yyget_out(void);
+-int yyget_leng(void);
+ char *yyget_text(void);
+ void yyset_lineno(int  line_number);
+ void yyset_in(FILE *  in_str);
diff --git a/ratbox-services.spec b/ratbox-services.spec
index ec735ad..e22edd8 100644
--- a/ratbox-services.spec
+++ b/ratbox-services.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		ratbox-services
 Version:	1.2.1
-Release:	7%{?dist}
+Release:	8%{?dist}
 Summary:	Service package for ircd-ratbox
 
 Group:		System Environment/Daemons
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ Source1:	ratbox-services.init
 Source2:	ratbox-services.conf
 Source3:	ratbox-services.logrotate
 Patch0:		ratbox-services-1.2.1-dbpath.patch
+Patch1:		ratbox-services-1.2.1-oldflex.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:	bison, flex, mysql-devel, sqlite-devel, postgresql-devel
+BuildRequires:	pcre-devel
 Requires:	MTA, ircd-ratbox
 
 Requires(post):	/sbin/chkconfig
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ scratch for use with ircd-ratbox. It is highly configurable,
 with nearly all options being set in a config that can be
 rehashed rather than set at compile time. It also uses the
 SQLite database backend, which works as a database interface
-to a normal file, meaning no seperate database software must be running.
+to a normal file, meaning no separate database software must be running.
 
 %package devel
 Summary:	Devel package for ircd-ratbox service
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ Headers for ratbox-services, service package for ircd-ratbox.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .dbpath
+%patch1 -p1 -b .oldflex
 
 cat << \EOF > %{name}-req
 #!/bin/sh
@@ -111,6 +114,11 @@ fi
 %{_includedir}/*.h
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 23 2013 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> - 1.2.1-8
+- Fix F-19 FTBFS due to old flex parser skeleton code (#914427).
+- Build with system PCRE instead of a bundled copy.
+- Fix bogus date in %%changelog.
+
 * Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.1-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
 
@@ -129,5 +137,5 @@ fi
 * Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
 
-* Wed Aug 28 2008 Marek Mahut <mmahut@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.1-1
+* Thu Aug 28 2008 Marek Mahut <mmahut@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.1-1
 - Initial package build