diff --git a/doxygen-1.8.15-inconsistent_whitespace_removal_for_operators.patch b/doxygen-1.8.15-inconsistent_whitespace_removal_for_operators.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01c3df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doxygen-1.8.15-inconsistent_whitespace_removal_for_operators.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+commit e54ccc0e6eb12a0720860d863a89cb3f1a83f2a2
+Author: Dimitri van Heesch <doxygen@gmail.com>
+Date:   Sun Feb 3 14:33:35 2019 +0100
+
+    Issue 6814: Inconsistent whitespace removal for operators in 1.8.15
+
+diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
+index 9a0e513b..3a3bfd38 100644
+--- a/src/util.cpp
++++ b/src/util.cpp
+@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ QCString removeRedundantWhiteSpace(const QCString &s)
+           if (g_charAroundSpace.charMap[(uchar)pc].before &&
+               g_charAroundSpace.charMap[(uchar)nc].after  &&
+               !(pc==',' && nc=='.') &&
+-              (osp<8 || (osp>=8 && pc!='"' && isId(nc)) || (osp>=8 && pc!='"' && nc!='"'))
++              (osp<8 || (osp>=8 && isId(pc) && isId(nc)))
+                   // e.g.    'operator >>' -> 'operator>>',
+                   //         'operator "" _x' -> 'operator""_x',
+                   // but not 'operator int' -> 'operatorint'
+commit 2802e2b4ee8158dba3f3584037e99907c6db7ec4
+Author: Dimitri van Heesch <doxygen@gmail.com>
+Date:   Mon Feb 4 22:19:56 2019 +0100
+
+    Issue 6814: Further finetuning for inconsistent whitespace removal for operators in 1.8.15
+
+diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
+index 3a3bfd38..53b176d4 100644
+--- a/src/util.cpp
++++ b/src/util.cpp
+@@ -1847,7 +1847,8 @@ QCString removeRedundantWhiteSpace(const QCString &s)
+       case '*':
+         if (i>0 && pc!=' ' && pc!='\t' && pc!=':' &&
+                    pc!='*' && pc!='&'  && pc!='(' && pc!='/' &&
+-                   pc!='.' && (osp<9 || !(pc=='>' && osp==11)))
++                   pc!='.' && osp<9
++           )
+           // avoid splitting &&, **, .*, operator*, operator->*
+         {
+           *dst++=' ';
+@@ -1855,7 +1856,7 @@ QCString removeRedundantWhiteSpace(const QCString &s)
+         *dst++=c;
+         break;
+       case '&':
+-        if (i>0 && isId(pc))
++        if (i>0 && isId(pc) && osp<9)
+         {
+           if (nc != '=')
+           // avoid splitting operator&=
diff --git a/doxygen.spec b/doxygen.spec
index 17c4419..fe286f4 100644
--- a/doxygen.spec
+++ b/doxygen.spec
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Requires: tex(xtab.sty)
 Requires: tex(import.sty)
 Requires: tex(tabu.sty)
 Requires: tex(appendix.sty)
+Requires: tex(newunicodechar.sty)
 Requires: texlive-epstopdf-bin
 %endif
 
@@ -186,7 +187,8 @@ make tests -C %{_target_platform}
 
 %changelog
 * Fri Feb 08 2019 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.15-4
-- fix bz#673228 - doxgen 1.8.15 operator whitespace changes cause wxpython FTBFS
+- fixed bz#673228 - operator whitespace changes cause wxpython FTBFS
+- fixed bz#1673230 - BR on tex(newunicodechar.sty) in doxygen-latex 
 
 * Tue Feb 05 2019 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.15-3
 - fixed bz#1671999, backported from upstream