diff --git a/Formula/osquery.rb b/Formula/osquery.rb
index da82a15349..c67bce2b52 100644
--- a/Formula/osquery.rb
+++ b/Formula/osquery.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Osquery < Formula
   url "https://github.com/facebook/osquery.git",
     :tag => "1.7.3",
     :revision => "6901aa644a9bcc0667207008db71471abf756b82"
-  revision 4
+  revision 5
 
   bottle do
     cellar :any
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ class Osquery < Formula
     sha256 "a0e9b96f1946975064724e242ac159f3260db24ffa591c3da0a355361a3a337f"
   end
 
+  # as of gflags 2.2.0 FlagRegisterer no longer needs type specified
+  # reported 26 Nov 2016 https://github.com/facebook/osquery/issues/2798
+  # upstream PR from 26 Nov 2016 https://github.com/facebook/osquery/pull/2800
+  # original gflags PR https://github.com/gflags/gflags/pull/158
+  # breaking commit https://github.com/gflags/gflags/commit/46ea10f
+  patch do
+    url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/formula-patches/dc800df/osquery/patch-gflags-2.2.0.diff"
+    sha256 "be111edf7d46b7a0c630e73ce754c00ff2c289b5221b87080b9e7eb57ec1e4b0"
+  end
+
   def install
     # Link dynamically against brew-installed libraries.
     ENV["BUILD_LINK_SHARED"] = "1"