diff --git a/T/TetGen/build_tarballs.jl b/T/TetGen/build_tarballs.jl
index 57a55cee472..688857c4e7c 100644
--- a/T/TetGen/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/T/TetGen/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -35,9 +35,18 @@ cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir/tetgen
 # Patch tetgen.h  with operators delegating new/delete to malloc/free for C/Julia compatibility
 # Made corresponding feature request to upstream, probably available for 1.6.1
 #
+
 mv tetgen.h tmp.h
 sed -e "s/class tetgenio {/class tetgenio { void * operator new(size_t n) {  return malloc(n);} void operator delete(void* p) noexcept {free(p);} /g" tmp.h > tetgen.h
 
+#
+# Fix crash of README example (see TetGen.jl#26)
+# There seems to be a on-off error or something like this in the routine writing the result. In 1.6.0 and also in
+# the previous 1.5 version this does not happen.
+# 
+mv tetgen.cxx tmp.cxx
+sed -e "s/tetrahedrons->items \* 10/(tetrahedrons->items + 100) * 10/g" tmp.cxx > tetgen.cxx
+
 # Compile and link together with C wrapper
 ${CXX} -c -fPIC -std=c++11 -O3 -c -DTETLIBRARY -I. ${WORKSPACE}/srcdir/cwrapper/cwrapper.cxx -o cwrapper.o
 ${CXX} -c -fPIC -std=c++11 -O3 -c -DTETLIBRARY tetgen.cxx -o tetgen.o
@@ -48,6 +57,8 @@ install_license LICENSE
 """
 
 platforms = supported_platforms()
+# platforms=[Platform("x86_64", "linux"; libc="glibc")]
+
 products = [
     LibraryProduct("libtet", :libtet)
 ]