diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 912e9c67e3..3caaec4046 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/icedtea-6-hotspot-gcc-segfault-workaround.patch  \
   %D%/packages/patches/icedtea-7-hotspot-gcc-segfault-workaround.patch  \
   %D%/packages/patches/id3lib-CVE-2007-4460.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/id3lib-UTF16-writing-bug.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ilmbase-fix-tests.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ilmbase-openexr-pkg-config.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/inkscape-poppler-0.76.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
index a218071edb..9a1cf60c2e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be>
-;;; Copyright © 2017 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@gmx.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@gmx.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ (define-public id3lib
             (modules '((guix build utils)))
             ;; Don't use bundled zlib
             (snippet '(begin (delete-file-recursively "zlib") #t))
-            (patches (search-patches "id3lib-CVE-2007-4460.patch"))))
+            (patches (search-patches "id3lib-CVE-2007-4460.patch"
+                                     "id3lib-UTF16-writing-bug.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
    (arguments
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/id3lib-UTF16-writing-bug.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/id3lib-UTF16-writing-bug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a8f69b321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/id3lib-UTF16-writing-bug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff -ruN id3lib-3.8.3.orig/ChangeLog id3lib-3.8.3/ChangeLog
+--- id3lib-3.8.3.orig/ChangeLog	2003-03-02 01:23:00.000000000 +0100
++++ id3lib-3.8.3/ChangeLog	2006-02-22 00:33:59.946214472 +0100
+@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
++2006-02-17  Jerome Couderc
++
++    * Patch from Spoon to fix UTF-16 writing bug
++      http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1016290&group_id=979&atid=300979
++
+ 2003-03-02 Sunday 17:38   Thijmen Klok <thijmen@id3lib.org>
+
+ 	* THANKS (1.20): added more people
+diff -ruN id3lib-3.8.3.orig/src/io_helpers.cpp id3lib-3.8.3/src/io_helpers.cpp
+--- id3lib-3.8.3.orig/src/io_helpers.cpp	2003-03-02 01:23:00.000000000 +0100
++++ id3lib-3.8.3/src/io_helpers.cpp	2006-02-22 00:35:02.926639992 +0100
+@@ -363,11 +363,22 @@
+     // Write the BOM: 0xFEFF
+     unicode_t BOM = 0xFEFF;
+     writer.writeChars((const unsigned char*) &BOM, 2);
++    // Patch from Spoon : 2004-08-25 14:17
++    //   http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1016290&group_id=979&atid=300979
++    // Wrong code
++    //for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i += 2)
++    //{
++    //  unicode_t ch = (data[i] << 8) | data[i+1];
++    //  writer.writeChars((const unsigned char*) &ch, 2);
++    //}
++    // Right code
++    unsigned char *pdata = (unsigned char *) data.c_str();
+     for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i += 2)
+     {
+-      unicode_t ch = (data[i] << 8) | data[i+1];
++      unicode_t ch = (pdata[i] << 8) | pdata[i+1];
+       writer.writeChars((const unsigned char*) &ch, 2);
+     }
++    // End patch
+   }
+   return writer.getCur() - beg;
+ }