diff --git a/aide-0.16.7-empty_shdr_size.patch b/aide-0.16.7-empty_shdr_size.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35d1f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aide-0.16.7-empty_shdr_size.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- ./src/do_md.c.orig	2018-03-19 05:10:19.994957024 -0400
++++ ./src/do_md.c	2018-03-19 05:19:05.829957024 -0400
+@@ -135,8 +135,13 @@
+                         continue;
+ 
+                 while (!bingo && (data = elf_getdata (scn, data)) != NULL) {
+-                        int maxndx = data->d_size / shdr.sh_entsize;
++                        int maxndx;
+                         int ndx;
++			
++                        if (shdr.sh_entsize != 0)
++                                maxndx = data->d_size / shdr.sh_entsize;
++                        else
++                                continue;
+ 
+                         for (ndx = 0; ndx < maxndx; ++ndx) {
+                                 (void) gelf_getdyn (data, ndx, &dyn);
diff --git a/aide.spec b/aide.spec
index 8f53c8f..c62032a 100644
--- a/aide.spec
+++ b/aide.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Buildrequires:  audit-libs-devel
 Patch1: aide-0.16rc1-man.patch
 # fix aide in FIPS mode
 Patch2: aide-0.16b1-fipsfix.patch
+# fix segfault when data chunk in section is empty
+Patch3: aide-0.16.7-empty_shdr_size.patch
 
 %description
 AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a file integrity