diff --git a/external/liborcus/0001-Alpha-value-of-0-means-fully-transparent.-I-m-sure-2.patch b/external/liborcus/0001-Alpha-value-of-0-means-fully-transparent.-I-m-sure-2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6adae9ba23524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/liborcus/0001-Alpha-value-of-0-means-fully-transparent.-I-m-sure-2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+From 98d2b3377da71b713a37f9004acff3c02c22ce2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kohei Yoshida <kohei.yoshida@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:11:25 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Alpha value of 0 means fully transparent. I'm sure 255
+ was intended.
+
+(cherry picked from commit f7953a814d6a43205791b6cc01c528ef5d4b1ce3)
+---
+ src/liborcus/gnumeric_sheet_context.cpp | 4 ++--
+ src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp     | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/liborcus/gnumeric_sheet_context.cpp b/src/liborcus/gnumeric_sheet_context.cpp
+index 8659cc3..6bd1471 100644
+--- a/src/liborcus/gnumeric_sheet_context.cpp
++++ b/src/liborcus/gnumeric_sheet_context.cpp
+@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public:
+             {
+                 spreadsheet::color_elem_t red, green, blue;
+                 gnumeric_helper::parse_RGB_color_attribute(red, green, blue, attr.value);
+-                m_styles.set_fill_fg_color(0, red, green, blue);
++                m_styles.set_fill_fg_color(255, red, green, blue);
+ 
+                 m_fill = true;
+ 
+@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public:
+             {
+                 spreadsheet::color_elem_t red, green, blue;
+                 gnumeric_helper::parse_RGB_color_attribute(red, green, blue, attr.value);
+-                m_styles.set_fill_bg_color(0, red, green, blue);
++                m_styles.set_fill_bg_color(255, red, green, blue);
+ 
+                 m_fill = true;
+             }
+diff --git a/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp b/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp
+index d988f7d..f9c422a 100644
+--- a/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp
++++ b/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp
+@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ void styles_context::start_element(xmlns_id_t ns, xml_token_t name, const std::v
+                     {
+                         spreadsheet::color_elem_t red, green, blue;
+                         func.get_background_color(red, green, blue);
+-                        mp_styles->set_fill_bg_color(0, red, green, blue);
++                        mp_styles->set_fill_bg_color(255, red, green, blue);
+                     }
+ 
+                     size_t fill_id = mp_styles->commit_fill();
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/external/liborcus/0002-We-are-supposed-to-use-the-foreground-color-for-soli.patch b/external/liborcus/0002-We-are-supposed-to-use-the-foreground-color-for-soli.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ebb233ac7b8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/liborcus/0002-We-are-supposed-to-use-the-foreground-color-for-soli.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+From 473526e1ca3a7117e2daf977e1b82a0a3977fc84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kohei Yoshida <kohei.yoshida@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:24:45 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] We are supposed to use the foreground color for solid
+ fill.
+
+(cherry picked from commit f821995022df8dd1e580dd22cf131584b2b1ac4f)
+---
+ src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp      | 3 ++-
+ src/liborcus/odf_styles_context_test.cpp | 9 +++++----
+ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp b/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp
+index f9c422a..e5f1cc6 100644
+--- a/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp
++++ b/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context.cpp
+@@ -739,7 +739,8 @@ void styles_context::start_element(xmlns_id_t ns, xml_token_t name, const std::v
+                     {
+                         spreadsheet::color_elem_t red, green, blue;
+                         func.get_background_color(red, green, blue);
+-                        mp_styles->set_fill_bg_color(255, red, green, blue);
++                        mp_styles->set_fill_pattern_type(ORCUS_ASCII("solid"));
++                        mp_styles->set_fill_fg_color(255, red, green, blue);
+                     }
+ 
+                     size_t fill_id = mp_styles->commit_fill();
+diff --git a/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context_test.cpp b/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context_test.cpp
+index 4c7eab5..7255a54 100644
+--- a/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context_test.cpp
++++ b/src/liborcus/odf_styles_context_test.cpp
+@@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ void test_odf_fill(orcus::spreadsheet::import_styles &styles)
+     std::cerr << std::hex << (int)fill;
+     const orcus::spreadsheet::fill_t* cell_fill = styles.get_fill(fill);
+     assert(cell_fill);
+-    std::cerr << std::hex << (int)cell_fill->bg_color.red;
+-    assert(cell_fill->bg_color.red == 0xfe);
+-    assert(cell_fill->bg_color.green == 0xff);
+-    assert(cell_fill->bg_color.blue == 0xcc);
++    std::cerr << std::hex << (int)cell_fill->fg_color.red;
++    assert(cell_fill->fg_color.red == 0xfe);
++    assert(cell_fill->fg_color.green == 0xff);
++    assert(cell_fill->fg_color.blue == 0xcc);
++    assert(cell_fill->pattern_type == "solid");
+ }
+ 
+ void test_odf_border(orcus::spreadsheet::import_styles &styles)
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/external/liborcus/UnpackedTarball_liborcus.mk b/external/liborcus/UnpackedTarball_liborcus.mk
index 3ab387e734be0..3b49e0a58f634 100644
--- a/external/liborcus/UnpackedTarball_liborcus.mk
+++ b/external/liborcus/UnpackedTarball_liborcus.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_update_autoconf_configs,liborcus))
 $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,liborcus,\
 	external/liborcus/0001-workaround-a-linking-problem-on-windows.patch \
 	external/liborcus/rpath.patch.0 \
+	external/liborcus/0001-Alpha-value-of-0-means-fully-transparent.-I-m-sure-2.patch \
+	external/liborcus/0002-We-are-supposed-to-use-the-foreground-color-for-soli.patch \
 ))
 
 ifeq ($(OS),WNT)
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/orcus/interface.cxx b/sc/source/filter/orcus/interface.cxx
index e40a71b446cb4..4cfd8447e2d52 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/orcus/interface.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/orcus/interface.cxx
@@ -1148,7 +1148,8 @@ void ScOrcusStyles::fill::applyToItemSet(SfxItemSet& rSet) const
         return;
     }
 
-    rSet.Put(SvxBrushItem(maBgColor, ATTR_BACKGROUND));
+    if (maPattern.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("solid"))
+        rSet.Put(SvxBrushItem(maFgColor, ATTR_BACKGROUND));
 }
 
 ScOrcusStyles::protection::protection():
@@ -1574,15 +1575,19 @@ void ScOrcusStyles::set_fill_pattern_type(const char* s, size_t n)
     maCurrentFill.mbHasFillAttr = true;
 }
 
-void ScOrcusStyles::set_fill_fg_color(orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t alpha, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t red, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t green, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t blue)
+void ScOrcusStyles::set_fill_fg_color(
+    orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t /*alpha*/, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t red, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t green, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t blue)
 {
-    maCurrentFill.maFgColor = Color(alpha, red, green, blue);
+    // Ignore the alpha element for now.
+    maCurrentFill.maFgColor = Color(red, green, blue);
     maCurrentFill.mbHasFillAttr = true;
 }
 
-void ScOrcusStyles::set_fill_bg_color(orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t alpha, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t red, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t green, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t blue)
+void ScOrcusStyles::set_fill_bg_color(
+    orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t /*alpha*/, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t red, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t green, orcus::spreadsheet::color_elem_t blue)
 {
-    maCurrentFill.maBgColor = Color(alpha, red, green, blue);
+    // Ignore the alpha element for now.
+    maCurrentFill.maBgColor = Color(red, green, blue);
     maCurrentFill.mbHasFillAttr = true;
 }