diff --git a/vim-blinkoff-loop.patch b/vim-blinkoff-loop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..624646d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim-blinkoff-loop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up vim80/src/gui.c.blinkoff-loop vim80/src/gui.c
+--- vim80/src/gui.c.blinkoff-loop	2018-01-19 12:08:46.503427723 +0100
++++ vim80/src/gui.c	2018-01-19 12:09:24.542072239 +0100
+@@ -1121,9 +1121,6 @@ gui_update_cursor(
+ 	gui_mch_set_blinking(shape->blinkwait,
+ 			     shape->blinkon,
+ 			     shape->blinkoff);
+-	if (shape->blinkwait == 0 || shape->blinkon == 0
+-						       || shape->blinkoff == 0)
+-	    gui_mch_stop_blink();
+ #ifdef FEAT_TERMINAL
+ 	if (shape_bg != INVALCOLOR)
+ 	{
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index e8cf20b..e76a719 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Summary: The VIM editor
 URL:     http://www.vim.org/
 Name: vim
 Version: %{baseversion}.%{patchlevel}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: Vim
 Group: Applications/Editors
 Source0: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-%{baseversion}-%{patchlevel}.tar.bz2
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Patch3012: vim-7.4-licensemacro-1151450.patch
 Patch3013: vim-7.4-globalsyntax.patch
 Patch3014: vim-7.4-releasestring-1318991.patch
 Patch3016: vim-8.0-copy-paste.patch
+Patch3017: vim-blinkoff-loop.patch
 
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: python2-devel python3-devel ncurses-devel gettext perl-devel
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ perl -pi -e "s,bin/nawk,bin/awk,g" runtime/tools/mve.awk
 %patch3013 -p1
 %patch3014 -p1
 %patch3016 -p1
+%patch3017 -p1
 
 %build
 cd src
@@ -752,6 +754,9 @@ touch %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles/doc/tags
 %{_datadir}/icons/locolor/*/apps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 19 2018 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 8.0.1428-3
+- 1525506 - gvim goes into infinite loop when blink_state is OFF
+
 * Fri Jan 12 2018 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 8.0.1428-2
 - removing old icon cache update