diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cee59aa..fcd8876 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/libspectre-0.2.7.tar.gz
+SOURCES/libspectre-0.2.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/.libspectre.metadata b/.libspectre.metadata
index 833f2a4..fb77548 100644
--- a/.libspectre.metadata
+++ b/.libspectre.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a7efd97b82b84ff1bb7a0d88c7e35ad10cc84ea8 SOURCES/libspectre-0.2.7.tar.gz
+322499a5ba8874bc0cc20426b0e429024bf1a573 SOURCES/libspectre-0.2.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-state-what-lib-is-printing-the-error.patch b/SOURCES/0001-state-what-lib-is-printing-the-error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14f3dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-state-what-lib-is-printing-the-error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From f88d2c259242936bbc3c74bf43107626c0f5ad61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:56:14 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] state what lib is printing the error
+
+and where it originally came from
+
+so its clear where
+
+"undefined -21" came from in cases like
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678500
+
+https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99395
+---
+ libspectre/spectre-gs.c | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libspectre/spectre-gs.c b/libspectre/spectre-gs.c
+index b701942..414175a 100644
+--- a/libspectre/spectre-gs.c
++++ b/libspectre/spectre-gs.c
+@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ critic_error_code (int code)
+ 	if (code <= -100) {
+ 		switch (code) {
+ 			case e_Fatal:
+-				fprintf (stderr, "fatal internal error %d", code);
++				fprintf (stderr, "(libspectre) ghostscript reports: fatal internal error %d", code);
+ 				return TRUE;
+ 				break;
+ 
+ 			case e_ExecStackUnderflow:
+-				fprintf (stderr, "stack overflow %d", code);
++				fprintf (stderr, "(libspectre) ghostscript reports: stack overflow %d", code);
+ 				return TRUE;
+ 				break;
+ 
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ critic_error_code (int code)
+ 		int x = (-1) * code;
+ 
+ 		if (x < (int) (sizeof (errors) / sizeof (const char*))) {
+-			fprintf (stderr, "%s %d\n", errors[x], code);
++			fprintf (stderr, "(libspectre) ghostscript reports: %s %d\n", errors[x], code);
+ 		}
+ 		return TRUE;
+ 	}
+-- 
+2.9.3
+
diff --git a/SPECS/libspectre.spec b/SPECS/libspectre.spec
index 3b090a6..b6f71ea 100644
--- a/SPECS/libspectre.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libspectre.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           libspectre
-Version:        0.2.7
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        0.2.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://libspectre.freedesktop.org
 Source0:        http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+Patch0:         0001-state-what-lib-is-printing-the-error.patch
+
 BuildRequires: ghostscript-devel >= 8.61
 
 %description
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .error-message
 
 
 %build
@@ -65,6 +68,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb  9 2017 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 0.2.8-1
+- Update to 0.2.8
+- Resolves: #1384956
+
 * Fri Jan 24 2014 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 0.2.7-4
 - Mass rebuild 2014-01-24