diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt/patches/qt4-icu59.patch b/srcpkgs/qt/patches/qt4-icu59.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..982b23a7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt/patches/qt4-icu59.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.7/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp~	2017-04-25 07:42:22.000000000 +0000
++++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.7/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp	2017-04-25 07:44:34.675363008 +0000
+@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
+ #include "qlibrary.h"
+ #include "qdebug.h"
+ 
++#define UCHAR_TYPE unsigned short
++
+ #include "unicode/uversion.h"
+ #include "unicode/ucol.h"
+ 
+--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.7/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp	2015-05-07 16:14:48.000000000 +0200
++++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.7/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp	2017-05-04 04:26:21.101965075 +0200
+@@ -6773,7 +6773,7 @@
+     QString locale_arg;
+     if (d.locale_occurrences > 0) {
+         QLocale locale;
+-        if (!locale.numberOptions() & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator)
++        if (~locale.numberOptions() & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator)
+             flags |= QLocalePrivate::ThousandsGroup;
+         locale_arg = locale.d()->longLongToString(a, -1, base, fieldWidth, flags);
+     }
+@@ -6817,7 +6817,7 @@
+     QString locale_arg;
+     if (d.locale_occurrences > 0) {
+         QLocale locale;
+-        if (!locale.numberOptions() & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator)
++        if (~locale.numberOptions() & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator)
+             flags |= QLocalePrivate::ThousandsGroup;
+         locale_arg = locale.d()->unsLongLongToString(a, -1, base, fieldWidth, flags);
+     }
+@@ -6952,7 +6952,7 @@
+     if (d.locale_occurrences > 0) {
+         QLocale locale;
+ 
+-        if (!locale.numberOptions() & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator)
++        if (~locale.numberOptions() & QLocale::OmitGroupSeparator)
+             flags |= QLocalePrivate::ThousandsGroup;
+         locale_arg = locale.d()->doubleToString(a, prec, form, fieldWidth, flags);
+     }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt/template b/srcpkgs/qt/template
index deb93bab60..f70d04d8b3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'qt'
 pkgname=qt
 version=4.8.7
-revision=22
+revision=23
 _distname=qt-everywhere-opensource-src
 patch_args="-Np1"
 wrksrc=${_distname}-${version}