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..23436e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sane-backends-1.0.18-glibc-2.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--- sane-backends-1.0.18/sanei/sanei_scsi.c.glibc-2.7	2005-11-24 23:08:49.000000000 +0100
++++ sane-backends-1.0.18/sanei/sanei_scsi.c	2007-08-08 15:01:07.000000000 +0200
+@@ -5028,7 +5028,7 @@ sanei_scsi_find_devices (const char *fin
+     (*plugInInterface)->Release (plugInInterface);
+     IOObjectRelease (scsiDevice);
+ 
+-    ioReturnValue = (*scsiDeviceInterface)->open (scsiDeviceInterface);
++    ioReturnValue = ((*scsiDeviceInterface)->open) (scsiDeviceInterface);
+     if (ioReturnValue != kIOReturnSuccess)
+       {
+ 	DBG (5, "Error opening SCSI interface (0x%08x)\n", ioReturnValue);
+--- sane-backends-1.0.18/backend/pixma_common.c.glibc-2.7	2006-06-11 22:53:05.000000000 +0200
++++ sane-backends-1.0.18/backend/pixma_common.c	2007-08-08 15:01:18.000000000 +0200
+@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ pixma_open (unsigned devnr, pixma_t ** h
+   strncpy (s->id, pixma_get_device_id (devnr), sizeof (s->id));
+   s->ops = s->cfg->ops;
+   s->scanning = 0;
+-  error = s->ops->open (s);
++  error = (s->ops->open) (s);
+   if (error < 0)
+     goto rollback;
+   *handle = s;
+--- 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 14:56:45.000000000 +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;
+ 
+--- sane-backends-1.0.18/backend/mustek_pp.c.glibc-2.7	2005-04-16 15:06:37.000000000 +0200
++++ sane-backends-1.0.18/backend/mustek_pp.c	2007-08-08 15:01:30.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ sane_open (SANE_String_Const devicename,
+ 
+ 	}
+ 	
+-	if ((status = dev->func->open (dev->port, dev->caps, &fd)) != SANE_STATUS_GOOD) {
++	if ((status = (dev->func->open) (dev->port, dev->caps, &fd)) != SANE_STATUS_GOOD) {
+ 
+ 		DBG (1, "sane_open: could not open device (%s)\n",
+ 				sane_strstatus (status));
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