diff --git a/SOURCES/babl-0.1.10-memory.patch b/SOURCES/babl-0.1.10-memory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e9435f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/babl-0.1.10-memory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -urNp old/babl/babl-memory.c new/babl/babl-memory.c
+--- old/babl/babl-memory.c	2017-10-06 09:07:51.085178917 +0200
++++ new/babl/babl-memory.c	2017-10-06 09:14:08.186524320 +0200
+@@ -84,14 +84,19 @@ functions_sanity (void)
+   if (first_malloc_used != malloc_f ||
+       first_free_used != free_f)
+     {
++      static int displayed = 0;
++
+       if (first_malloc_used == NULL)
+         {
+           first_malloc_used = malloc_f;
+           first_free_used   = free_f;
+         }
+-      else
++      else if (!displayed)
+         {
+-          babl_fatal ("babl memory function(s) attempted switched on the fly");
++          fprintf (stderr, "HMM....\nSomething strange is happening,\n%s function pointer changing between invocations in babl.\n",
++                  first_malloc_used == malloc_f ? "free" :
++                  (first_free_used == free_f ? "malloc" : "malloc and free"));
++          displayed = 1;
+         }
+     }
+ }
diff --git a/SPECS/babl.spec b/SPECS/babl.spec
index 5bee82f..9d89e0b 100644
--- a/SPECS/babl.spec
+++ b/SPECS/babl.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Summary:	A dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library
 Name:		babl
 Version:	0.1.10
-Release:	9%{?dist}
+Release:	10%{?dist}
 
 # Compute some version related macros
 # Ugly hack, you need to get your quoting backslashes/percent signs straight
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ License:	LGPLv3+ and GPLv3+
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 URL:		http://www.gegl.org/babl/
 Source0:	ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/babl/%{apiver}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch1:         babl-0.1.10-memory.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:	librsvg2
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ This package contains documentation needed for developing with %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1 -b .memory
 
 %build
 # use PIC/PIE because babl is likely to deal with data coming from untrusted
@@ -118,6 +120,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %doc %{develdocdir}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 06 2017 Josef Ridky <jridky@redhat.com> - 0.1.10-10
+- Resolves: #1399878 - fix recursive loop
+
 * Fri Jan 24 2014 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 0.1.10-9
 - Mass rebuild 2014-01-24