diff --git a/0001-pwl.c-allow-the-PWL-APIs-to-be-passed-1-as-word-leng.patch b/0001-pwl.c-allow-the-PWL-APIs-to-be-passed-1-as-word-leng.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13e767c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-pwl.c-allow-the-PWL-APIs-to-be-passed-1-as-word-leng.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+From f6659579ec8f165db7f931eb05717f9f93ef27ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:22:33 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] pwl.c: allow the PWL APIs to be passed -1 as word length
+
+This is strictly an API/ABI change, but bump only the minor version, as in
+practice it is simply an extension that makes the enchant_pwl_* APIs work
+like the enchant_dict_* APIs.
+---
+ configure.ac |  2 +-
+ src/pwl.c    | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
+ src/pwl.h    |  8 ++++----
+ 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 4877edc..e67163e 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-AC_INIT([enchant],[2.2.15])
++AC_INIT([enchant],[2.3.0])
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/enchant.h)
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+diff --git a/src/pwl.c b/src/pwl.c
+index 4f118a1..db645d5 100644
+--- a/src/pwl.c
++++ b/src/pwl.c
+@@ -313,8 +313,11 @@ static void enchant_pwl_remove_from_trie(EnchantPWL *pwl,
+ }
+ 
+ void enchant_pwl_add(EnchantPWL *pwl,
+-			 const char *const word, size_t len)
++			 const char *const word, ssize_t len)
+ {
++	if (len < 0)
++		len = strlen (word);
++
+ 	enchant_pwl_refresh_from_file(pwl);
+ 
+ 	enchant_pwl_add_to_trie(pwl, word, len);
+@@ -342,7 +345,7 @@ void enchant_pwl_add(EnchantPWL *pwl,
+ 							putc ('\n', f);
+ 					}
+ 
+-				if (fwrite (word, sizeof(char), len, f) == len)
++				if (fwrite (word, sizeof(char), len, f) == (size_t)len)
+ 					{
+ 						putc ('\n', f);
+ 					}
+@@ -353,8 +356,11 @@ void enchant_pwl_add(EnchantPWL *pwl,
+ }
+ 
+ void enchant_pwl_remove(EnchantPWL *pwl,
+-			 const char *const word, size_t len)
++			 const char *const word, ssize_t len)
+ {
++	if (len < 0)
++		len = strlen (word);
++
+ 	if(enchant_pwl_check(pwl, word, len) == 1)
+ 		return;
+ 
+@@ -525,8 +531,11 @@ static gchar* enchant_utf8_strtitle(const gchar*str, gssize len)
+ 	return result;
+ }
+ 
+-int enchant_pwl_check(EnchantPWL *pwl, const char *const word, size_t len)
++int enchant_pwl_check(EnchantPWL *pwl, const char *const word, ssize_t len)
+ {
++	if (len < 0)
++		len = strlen (word);
++
+ 	enchant_pwl_refresh_from_file(pwl);
+ 
+ 	int exists = enchant_pwl_contains(pwl, word, len);
+@@ -609,8 +618,11 @@ static int best_distance(char** suggs, const char *const word, size_t len)
+ /* gives the best set of suggestions from pwl that are at least as good as the 
+  * given suggs (if suggs == NULL just best from pwl) */
+ char** enchant_pwl_suggest(EnchantPWL *pwl, const char *const word,
+-			   size_t len, char** suggs, size_t* out_n_suggs)
++			   ssize_t len, char** suggs, size_t* out_n_suggs)
+ {
++	if (len < 0)
++		len = strlen (word);
++
+ 	int max_dist = suggs ? best_distance(suggs, word, len) : ENCHANT_PWL_MAX_ERRORS;
+ 	max_dist = MIN (max_dist, ENCHANT_PWL_MAX_ERRORS);
+ 
+diff --git a/src/pwl.h b/src/pwl.h
+index f713b29..c945e3c 100644
+--- a/src/pwl.h
++++ b/src/pwl.h
+@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ typedef struct str_enchant_pwl EnchantPWL;
+ EnchantPWL* enchant_pwl_init(void);
+ EnchantPWL* enchant_pwl_init_with_file(const char * file);
+ 
+-void enchant_pwl_add(EnchantPWL * me, const char *const word, size_t len);
+-void enchant_pwl_remove(EnchantPWL * me, const char *const word, size_t len);
+-int enchant_pwl_check(EnchantPWL * me,const char *const word, size_t len);
++void enchant_pwl_add(EnchantPWL * me, const char *const word, ssize_t len);
++void enchant_pwl_remove(EnchantPWL * me, const char *const word, ssize_t len);
++int enchant_pwl_check(EnchantPWL * me, const char *const word, ssize_t len);
+ /*gives the best set of suggestions from pwl that are at least as good as the given suggs*/
+ char** enchant_pwl_suggest(EnchantPWL *me, const char *const word,
+-			   size_t len, char ** suggs, size_t* out_n_suggs);
++			   ssize_t len, char ** suggs, size_t* out_n_suggs);
+ void enchant_pwl_free(EnchantPWL* me);
+ 
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+-- 
+2.42.0.windows.2
+
diff --git a/enchant2.spec b/enchant2.spec
index c9314d1..b373530 100644
--- a/enchant2.spec
+++ b/enchant2.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Name:           enchant2
 Version:        2.2.15
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Summary:        Generic spell checking library
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/AbiWord/enchant
 Source0:        https://github.com/AbiWord/enchant/releases/download/v%{version}/enchant-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch6000:      backport-enchant_aspell.patch
+Patch6001:      0001-pwl.c-allow-the-PWL-APIs-to-be-passed-1-as-word-leng.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  automake autoconf libtool gcc-c++ glib2-devel aspell-devel hunspell-devel libvoikko-devel
 
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g;
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 24 2023 liubo <liubo1@xfusion.com> - 2.2.15-3
+- pwl.c: allow the PWL APIs to be passed -1 as word length
+
 * Thu Apr 29 2021 zhaoyuxing <zhaoyuxing2@huawei.com> - 2.2.15-2
 - Type:bugfix
 - CVE:NA