diff --git a/qscintilla-2.8.4-python-build-from-objdir.patch b/qscintilla-2.8.4-python-build-from-objdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d2e708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qscintilla-2.8.4-python-build-from-objdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+02_configure.dpatch by Torsten Marek <shlomme@debian.org>
+Updated for Qscintilla 2.8.2 configure.py changes by Scott Kitterman
+<scott@kitterman.com>
+patch the configure script for the Python bindings to support object dir
+builds
+Index: qscintilla2-2.8.3+dfsg/Python/configure.py
+===================================================================
+--- qscintilla2-2.8.3+dfsg.orig/Python/configure.py	2014-07-05 10:02:02.318834374 -0400
++++ qscintilla2-2.8.3+dfsg/Python/configure.py	2014-07-05 10:02:02.306834375 -0400
+@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
+ import glob
+ import optparse
+ 
++src_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
++
+ try:
+     import sysconfig
+ except ImportError:
+@@ -210,6 +212,8 @@
+                     "The QScintilla version number could not be determined by "
+                     "reading %s." % sciglobal)
+ 
++        return # Debian: do not check for the installed version, we're good this way.
++
+         lib_dir = target_configuration.qsci_lib_dir
+         if lib_dir is None:
+             lib_dir = target_configuration.qt_lib_dir
+@@ -264,7 +268,12 @@
+         the target configuration.
+         """
+ 
+-        return 'sip/qscimod5.sip' if target_configuration.pyqt_package == 'PyQt5' else 'sip/qscimod4.sip'
++        if target_configuration.pyqt_package == 'PyQt5':
++            return os.path.join(src_dir, 'sip/qscimod5.sip')
++        else:
++            return os.path.join(src_dir, 'sip/qscimod4.sip')
++
++        #return 'sip/qscimod5.sip' if target_configuration.pyqt_package == 'PyQt5' else 'sip/qscimod4.sip'
+ 
+     def get_sip_installs(self, target_configuration):
+         """ Return a tuple of the installation directory of the module's .sip
diff --git a/qscintilla-2.8.4-python-qsci-link.patch b/qscintilla-2.8.4-python-qsci-link.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdc82b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qscintilla-2.8.4-python-qsci-link.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Index: qscintilla2-2.8.3+dfsg/Python/configure.py
+===================================================================
+--- qscintilla2-2.8.3+dfsg.orig/Python/configure.py	2014-07-05 10:05:48.614827688 -0400
++++ qscintilla2-2.8.3+dfsg/Python/configure.py	2014-07-05 10:05:48.610827688 -0400
+@@ -1434,7 +1434,10 @@
+ 
+     libs = qmake_config.get('LIBS')
+     if libs:
+-        pro.write('LIBS += %s\n' % libs)
++        if target_config.pyqt_package == 'PyQt5':
++            pro.write('LIBS += %s -lqt5scintilla2\n' % libs)
++        else:
++            pro.write('LIBS += %s -lqscintilla2\n' % libs)
+ 
+     if not opts.static:
+         pro.write('''
diff --git a/qscintilla.spec b/qscintilla.spec
index bcb8d98..e4a0c37 100644
--- a/qscintilla.spec
+++ b/qscintilla.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define        pythonsip_ver  %(sip -V)
 Name:          qscintilla
-Version:       2.8.1
+Version:       2.8.4
 Release:       1mamba
 Summary:       A port to Qt of Neil Hodgson's Scintilla C++ editor control
 Group:         Development/Tools
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ URL:           http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/qscintilla
 Source:        http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/QScintilla2/QScintilla-%{version}/QScintilla-gpl-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:        qscintilla-2.7.2-prepend-local-includes.patch
 Patch1:        qscintilla-2.7.2-designer-prepend-local-includes.patch
+Patch2:        qscintilla-2.8.4-python-build-from-objdir.patch
+Patch3:        qscintilla-2.8.4-python-qsci-link.patch
 License:       GPL
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
 #BuildRequires: qt-designer
 # following build requirements are for Python bindings
 # WARNING: do not parametrize python-sip-devel version or it will be useless for ports
-BuildRequires: python-sip-devel >= 4.15.3
+BuildRequires: python-sip-devel >= 4.16.1
 BuildRequires: PyQt4-devel
 #BuildRequires: chrpath
 Requires:      python-sip = %{pythonsip_ver}
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ This package contains development files for QScintilla PyQt4 bindings.
 #:<< _EOF
 #%patch0 -p1
 #%patch1 -p1
+#%patch2 -p1
+#%patch3 -p1
 
 sed -i "s/^DESTDIR = \$(QTDIR)/DESTDIR = \$(INSTALL_ROOT)\$(QTDIR)/" */*.pro
 
@@ -110,10 +114,8 @@ find src include -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} ';'
 sed -i 's/\r//' LICENSE.GPL2 GPL_EXCEPTION_ADDENDUM.TXT
 
 %build
-export QTDIR=%{_qt4_prefix} QTLIB=%{_qt4_libdir} 
-
 cd Qt4Qt5
-sed -i 's/INSTALLS += header trans qsci/INSTALLS += header trans qsci target/g' qscintilla.pro
+#sed -i 's/INSTALLS += header trans qsci/INSTALLS += header trans qsci target/g' qscintilla.pro
 %{_qt4_qmake} qscintilla.pro
 %make
 cd ..
@@ -121,14 +123,17 @@ cd ..
 cd designer-Qt4Qt5
 %{_qt4_qmake} designer.pro
 %make LFLAGS+="-L../Qt4Qt5 -shared -Wl,-O1"
+#INCLUDEPATH+=../Qt4Qt5 QMAKE_LIBDIR+=../Qt4Qt5
 cd ..
 
 cd Python
 %{__python} configure.py \
-   -c -j 3 \
-   -n ../Qt4Qt5 \
-   -o ../Qt4Qt5
-%make
+   -c \
+   --qsci-incdir=../Qt4Qt5 \
+   --qsci-libdir=../Qt4Qt5 \
+   --qmake /usr/bin/qmake-qt4
+
+%make CXX="c++ -I../Qt4Qt5"
 cd ..
 
 %install
@@ -186,9 +191,12 @@ cd ..
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %dir %{_datadir}/sip/PyQt4/Qsci
 %{_datadir}/sip/PyQt4/Qsci/*.sip
-%{_datadir}/qt4/api/python/QScintilla2.api
+#%{_datadir}/qt4/api/python/QScintilla2.api
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 26 2014 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.8.4-1mamba
+- update to 2.8.4
+
 * Tue Apr 01 2014 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.8.1-1mamba
 - automatic version update by autodist