diff --git a/SOURCES/handle_close_error.patch b/SOURCES/handle_close_error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3685f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/handle_close_error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -ru libopenraw-0.0.9.orig/gnome/pixbuf-loader.c libopenraw-0.0.9/gnome/pixbuf-loader.c
+--- libopenraw-0.0.9.orig/gnome/pixbuf-loader.c	2011-11-13 08:00:09.000000000 +0100
++++ libopenraw-0.0.9/gnome/pixbuf-loader.c	2016-01-14 15:06:13.910095566 +0100
+@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
+ 	
+     GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = NULL;
+     ORRawFileRef raw_file = NULL;
+-    (void)error;
+ 
+     raw_file = or_rawfile_new_from_memory(context->data->data, context->data->len,
+                                           OR_DATA_TYPE_NONE);
+@@ -129,9 +128,13 @@
+                                       context->user_data);
+         }
+         result = TRUE;
++    } else {
++        g_set_error (error,
++                     GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR,
++                     GDK_PIXBUF_ERROR_FAILED,
++                     "Unable to load RAW file");
+     }
+ 
+-
+     g_byte_array_free(context->data, TRUE);
+     free(context);
+     return result;
diff --git a/SPECS/libopenraw.spec b/SPECS/libopenraw.spec
index a84ea3f..5ee68bf 100644
--- a/SPECS/libopenraw.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libopenraw.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 Summary:	Decode camera RAW files
 Name:		libopenraw
 Version:	0.0.9
-Release:	6%{?dist}
+Release:	7%{?dist}
 License:	LGPLv3+
 URL:		http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/wiki
 Source0:	http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0: handle_close_error.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	libtool autoconf automake
 BuildRequires:	boost-devel
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ digital cameras, in GTK+ applications.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static --enable-gnome
@@ -127,6 +129,10 @@ gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-%{__isa_bits} --update-cache || :
 %{_libdir}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/*/loaders/*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 14 2016 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> - 0.0.9-7
+- Handle errors in the close function
+- Resolves: rhbz#1279153
+
 * Fri Jan 24 2014 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 0.0.9-6
 - Mass rebuild 2014-01-24