diff --git a/hardware/misc/libgpod/actions.py b/hardware/misc/libgpod/actions.py
index 3a987e8752..a3c4bfb509 100644
--- a/hardware/misc/libgpod/actions.py
+++ b/hardware/misc/libgpod/actions.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def setup():
                          --with-html-dir=/usr/share/doc/%s/html \
                          --with-temp-mount-dir=/run/libgpod \
                          --without-hal \
+                         --with-python \
                          --without-mono \
                          --disable-gtk-doc \
                          --disable-static \
diff --git a/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/0001-323-Segmentation-fault-when-opening-ipod.patch b/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/0001-323-Segmentation-fault-when-opening-ipod.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..727f18b370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/0001-323-Segmentation-fault-when-opening-ipod.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From 8dc5015ae036b219c4c9579a156886aa3a722aa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: phantomjinx <p.g.richardson@phantomjinx.co.uk>
+Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 19:57:10 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] #323 Segmentation fault when opening ipod
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+* Patch submitted in bug report from François Melchior / James Burton
+---
+ src/itdb_itunesdb.c | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/itdb_itunesdb.c b/src/itdb_itunesdb.c
+index 4cc771a..1e85476 100644
+--- a/src/itdb_itunesdb.c
++++ b/src/itdb_itunesdb.c
+@@ -1156,6 +1156,7 @@ static gboolean playcounts_plist_read (FImport *fimp, GValue *plist_data)
+     GHashTable *pc_dict, *track_dict;
+     GValue *to_parse;
+     GArray *array;
++    GValue value;
+     gint i;
+     guint32 mac_time;
+     guint64 *dbid;
+@@ -1175,11 +1176,12 @@ static gboolean playcounts_plist_read (FImport *fimp, GValue *plist_data)
+ 
+     array = (GArray*)g_value_get_boxed (to_parse);
+     for (i = 0; i < array->len; i++) {
+-       if (!G_VALUE_HOLDS (g_array_index (array, GValue *, i), G_TYPE_HASH_TABLE)) {
++       value = g_array_index (array, GValue, i);
++       if (!G_VALUE_HOLDS (&value, G_TYPE_HASH_TABLE)) {
+           continue;
+        }
+ 
+-       track_dict = g_value_get_boxed (g_array_index (array, GValue *, i));
++       track_dict = g_value_get_boxed (&value);
+        if (track_dict == NULL)
+            continue;
+ 
+-- 
+2.12.2
+
diff --git a/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/libgpod-0.8.2-pkgconfig_overlinking.patch b/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/libgpod-0.8.2-pkgconfig_overlinking.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5dafb2857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/libgpod-0.8.2-pkgconfig_overlinking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -up libgpod-0.8.2/libgpod-1.0.pc.in.pkgconfig_overlinking libgpod-0.8.2/libgpod-1.0.pc.in
+--- libgpod-0.8.2/libgpod-1.0.pc.in.pkgconfig_overlinking	2011-04-15 03:37:34.000000000 -0500
++++ libgpod-0.8.2/libgpod-1.0.pc.in	2012-08-10 13:53:00.294631805 -0500
+@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@
+ Name: libgpod
+ Description: A library to manipulate songs and playlists stored on an ipod
+ Version: @VERSION@
+-Requires: glib-2.0 >= 2.8.0 gobject-2.0 @GDKPIXBUF_REQ@ @LIBIMOBILEDEVICE_REQ@
++Requires.private: glib-2.0 >= 2.8.0 gobject-2.0 @GDKPIXBUF_REQ@ @LIBIMOBILEDEVICE_REQ@
+ Libs: -L${libdir} -lgpod
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}/gpod-1.0
diff --git a/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/libgpod-fixswig.patch b/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/libgpod-fixswig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23e49c5928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/misc/libgpod/files/libgpod-fixswig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- libgpod-0.8.3/bindings/python/gpod.i.in	2015-02-12 08:43:11.058975384 +0100
++++ libgpod-0.8.3/bindings/python/gpod.i.in.orig	2015-02-12 08:44:08.185561253 +0100
+@@ -298,9 +298,11 @@ PyObject* sw_get_photo(GList *list, gint
+ %include "gpod_doc.i"
+ %include "@top_builddir@/config.h"
+ 
++/*
+ # be nicer to decode these utf8 strings into Unicode objects in the C
+ # layer. Here we are leaving it to the Python side, and just giving
+ # them utf8 encoded Strings.
++*/ 
+ typedef char gchar;
+ 
+ %typemap(in) time_t {
diff --git a/hardware/misc/libgpod/pspec.xml b/hardware/misc/libgpod/pspec.xml
index 497953cefd..993eb21d6f 100644
--- a/hardware/misc/libgpod/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/misc/libgpod/pspec.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@
             <Dependency>sg3_utils-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libimobiledevice-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-pygobject-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>swig</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
+        <Patches>
+            <Patch level="1">0001-323-Segmentation-fault-when-opening-ipod.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">libgpod-0.8.2-pkgconfig_overlinking.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">libgpod-fixswig.patch</Patch>
+        </Patches>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>