diff --git a/SOURCES/boost-1.53-spirit-lexer.patch b/SOURCES/boost-1.53-spirit-lexer.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e963913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/boost-1.53-spirit-lexer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+From 2b4c331e70f1f8eaae33537df12c5744dd8e8b09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Hartmut Kaiser <hartmut.kaiser@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:39:51 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix #8291: Lexer fails to work on ARM
+
+[SVN r83462]
+---
+ include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp    | 3 ++-
+ include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/string_token.hpp | 3 ++-
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp
+index 49bea2f..9541f6f 100644
+--- a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp
++++ b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp
+@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
+ #include "partition/charset.hpp"
+ #include "partition/equivset.hpp"
+ #include <memory>
++#include <limits>
+ #include "parser/tree/node.hpp"
+ #include "parser/parser.hpp"
+ #include "containers/ptr_list.hpp"
+@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ class basic_generator
+ 
+         if (token_._negated)
+         {
+-            CharT curr_char_ = sizeof (CharT) == 1 ? -128 : 0;
++            CharT curr_char_ = (std::numeric_limits<CharT>::min)();
+             std::size_t i_ = 0;
+ 
+             while (curr_ < chars_end_)
+diff --git a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/string_token.hpp b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/string_token.hpp
+index 6bfa6ff..e972a95 100644
+--- a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/string_token.hpp
++++ b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/string_token.hpp
+@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
+ #include "size_t.hpp"
+ #include "consts.hpp" // num_chars, num_wchar_ts
+ #include <string>
++#include <limits>
+ 
+ namespace boost
+ {
+@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ struct basic_string_token
+     {
+         const std::size_t max_chars_ = sizeof (CharT) == 1 ?
+             num_chars : num_wchar_ts;
+-        CharT curr_char_ = sizeof (CharT) == 1 ? -128 : 0;
++        CharT curr_char_ = (std::numeric_limits<CharT>::min)();
+         string temp_;
+         const CharT *curr_ = _charset.c_str ();
+         const CharT *chars_end_ = curr_ + _charset.size ();
+
+From c480d6c7fcadf3cb5fbaad756ac370275a75e601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joel de Guzman <djowel@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 08:12:53 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] workaround for lexertl bug on platforms where wchar_t is
+ signed (can be negative).
+
+---
+ include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp | 7 ++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp
+index a3b7290..daa06e7 100644
+--- a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp
++++ b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/detail/lexer/generator.hpp
+@@ -561,7 +561,12 @@ class basic_generator
+ 
+         if (token_._negated)
+         {
+-            CharT curr_char_ = (std::numeric_limits<CharT>::min)();
++            // $$$ FIXME JDG July 2014 $$$
++            // this code is problematic on platforms where wchar_t is signed
++            // with min generating negative numbers. This crashes with BAD_ACCESS
++            // because of the vector index below:
++            //  ptr_[static_cast<typename Traits::index_type>(curr_char_)]
++            CharT curr_char_ = 0; // (std::numeric_limits<CharT>::min)();
+             std::size_t i_ = 0;
+ 
+             while (curr_ < chars_end_)
diff --git a/SPECS/boost.spec b/SPECS/boost.spec
index 81fc3f1..4637424 100644
--- a/SPECS/boost.spec
+++ b/SPECS/boost.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Name: boost
 Summary: The free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries
 Version: 1.53.0
 %define version_enc 1_53_0
-Release: 26%{?dist}
+Release: 27%{?dist}
 License: Boost and MIT and Python
 
 %define toplev_dirname %{name}_%{version_enc}
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ Patch62: boost-1.53.0-python-abi_letters.patch
 Patch63: boost-1.53.0-python-test-PyImport_AppendInittab.patch
 Patch64: boost-1.53.0-no-rpath.patch
 
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402516
+Patch70: boost-1.53-spirit-lexer.patch
+
 %bcond_with tests
 %bcond_with docs_generated
 
@@ -693,6 +696,7 @@ a number of significant features and is now developed independently
 %patch62 -p1
 %patch63 -p1
 %patch64 -p1
+%patch70 -p2
 
 # At least python2_version needs to be a macro so that it's visible in
 # %%install as well.
@@ -1268,6 +1272,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man1/bjam.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 21 2017 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> - 1.53.0-27
+- Patch Boost.Spirit for ppc64 (#1402516)
+
 * Fri Jun 10 2016 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> - 1.53.0-26
 - Install unpatched gcc.jam (#1305019).
 - Build libboost_python and libboost_python3 such that they depend on