diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-foomatic-rip-Changed-Ghostscript-call-to-count-pages.patch b/SOURCES/0001-foomatic-rip-Changed-Ghostscript-call-to-count-pages.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7a83de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-foomatic-rip-Changed-Ghostscript-call-to-count-pages.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff --git a/foomaticrip.h b/foomaticrip.h
+index 2777672..fea8e47 100644
+--- a/foomaticrip.h
++++ b/foomaticrip.h
+@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern int spooler;
+ 
+ 
+ #define PATH_MAX 65536
++#define CMDLINE_MAX 65536
+ 
+ typedef struct {
+     char printer[256];
+diff --git a/pdf.c b/pdf.c
+index ebd6ab5..ee4eb51 100644
+--- a/pdf.c
++++ b/pdf.c
+@@ -41,14 +41,13 @@ static int wait_for_renderer();
+ 
+ static int pdf_count_pages(const char *filename)
+ {
+-    char gscommand[4095];
++    char gscommand[CMDLINE_MAX];
+     char output[31] = "";
+     int pagecount;
+ 
+-    snprintf(gscommand, 4095, "%s -dNODISPLAY -q -c "
+-	     "'/pdffile (%s) (r) file def pdfdict begin pdffile pdfopen begin "
+-	     "(PageCount: ) print pdfpagecount == flush currentdict pdfclose "
+-	     "end end quit'",
++    snprintf(gscommand, CMDLINE_MAX, "%s -dNODISPLAY -q -c "
++            "'/pdffile (%s) (r) file runpdfbegin (PageCount: ) print "
++            "pdfpagecount = quit'",
+ 	     gspath, filename);
+ 
+     FILE *pd = popen(gscommand, "r");
diff --git a/SPECS/foomatic.spec b/SPECS/foomatic.spec
index 9586bce..a85698d 100644
--- a/SPECS/foomatic.spec
+++ b/SPECS/foomatic.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Tools for using the foomatic database of printers and printer drivers
 Name:       foomatic
 Version:    %{enginever}
-Release:    8%{?dist}
+Release:    8%{?dist}.1
 License:    GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ Provides: printer-filters = 1.1-8
 Source0: http://www.openprinting.org/download/foomatic/foomatic-db-engine-%{enginever}.tar.gz
 
 # The CUPS driver and filter.
-# Source1: http://www.openprinting.org/download/foomatic/foomatic-filters-%{filtersver}.tar.gz
+# Source1: http://www.openprinting.org/download/foomatic/foomatic-filters-%%{filtersver}.tar.gz
 # We need to remove test/*.sh, because those files are non-free (Artistic). We don't use them.
 Source1: foomatic-filters-%{filtersver}-clean.tar.gz
 
 ## PATCHES FOR FOOMATIC-FILTERS (PATCHES 1 TO 100)
 Patch1: foomatic-filters-debug-string.patch
+Patch2: 0001-foomatic-rip-Changed-Ghostscript-call-to-count-pages.patch
 
 ## PATCHES FOR FOOMATIC-DB-ENGINE (PATCHES 101 TO 200)
 Patch101:       foomatic-manpages.patch
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ CUPS print filters for the foomatic package.
 pushd foomatic-filters-%{filtersver}
 # Too few arguments for format in a debugging string (bug #726384)
 %patch1 -p1 -b .debug-string
+# 1707559 - removal of option in ghostscript caused foomatic-rip to fail
+%patch2 -p1 -b .foomatic-rip-crash
 
 aclocal
 automake --add-missing
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ rm -rf  \
         %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/ppr \
         %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/foomatic/filter.conf.sample \
         %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/foomatic/templates
-#%{buildroot}%%{_libdir}/perl5/site_perl
+#%%{buildroot}%%{_libdir}/perl5/site_perl
 find %{buildroot} -name .packlist | xargs rm -f
 
 mkdir  _enginedocs
@@ -205,6 +208,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_mandir}/man1/foomatic-rip.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 24 2019 Michal Ruprich <mruprich@redhat.com> - 4.0.9-8.1
+- Resolves: #1713563 - removal of option in ghostscript caused foomatic-rip to fail
+
 * Thu Aug 28 2014 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 4.0.9-8
 - Put some text into foomatic-preferred-drivers man page.