diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
index 281dc3d..976aafb 100644
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
+++ b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 
 DEPENDS += "grail dbus-glib python3 virtual/libx11 libxext libxi libxcb dbus frame"
 
-SRC_URI = "https://launchpad.net/${BPN}/trunk/${PV}/+download/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz\
+SRC_URI = "https://launchpad.net/${BPN}/trunk/${PV}/+download/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://fix-indentation-for-gcc6.patch \
-"
+           file://0001-libgeis-Compare-the-first-character-of-string-to-nul.patch \
+           "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2ff9d76a3ea5794516bb02c9d1924faf"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8a60f5683852094038904e690d23cc5a90a980fc52da67f0f28890baa25c70eb"