diff --git a/bash.changes b/bash.changes
index 8eb08e02..6c1224cb 100644
--- a/bash.changes
+++ b/bash.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 17 13:10:22 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Do not mix xmalloc/xfree of libreadline and bash by making the
+  libreadline version weak symbols instead of private symbols
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 24 14:31:35 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/bash.spec b/bash.spec
index ed185f09..64676e8a 100644
--- a/bash.spec
+++ b/bash.spec
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Patch23:        readline-5.2-conf.patch
 Patch24:        readline-6.2-metamode.patch
 Patch25:        readline-6.2-endpw.dif
 Patch26:        readline-6.2-msgdynamic.patch
+Patch27:        readline-6.2-xmalloc.dif
 Patch30:        readline-6.2-destdir.patch
 Patch40:        bash-4.1-bash.bashrc.dif
 Patch42:        audit-patch
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ done
 %patch24 -p2 -b .metamode
 #%patch25 -p2 -b .endpw
 %patch26 -p2 -b .msgdy
+%patch27 -p0 -b .xm
 %patch30 -p0 -b .destdir
 %patch20 -p0 -b .0
 
@@ -353,15 +355,6 @@ pushd ../readline-%{rl_vers}%{extend}
       LARGEFILE="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
   fi
   rm -f ./test64
-  (cat > rl.map)<<-'EOF'
-	{
-	local:
-	/*  _rl*; */
-	    xfree;
-	    xmalloc;
-	    xrealloc;
-	};
-	EOF
   (cat > dyn.map)<<-'EOF'
 	{
 	    *;
@@ -383,7 +376,6 @@ pushd ../readline-%{rl_vers}%{extend}
   cflags -Wl,-O2                 LDFLAGS
   cflags -Wl,--hash-size=8599    LDFLAGS
   cflags -Wl,-rpath,%{_ldldir}/%{bash_vers}   LDFLAGS
-  cflags -Wl,--version-script=${PWD}/rl.map   LDFLAGS
   cflags -Wl,--dynamic-list=${PWD}/dyn.map    LDFLAGS
   CC=gcc
   CC_FOR_BUILD="$CC"
diff --git a/readline-6.2-xmalloc.dif b/readline-6.2-xmalloc.dif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca8b95a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readline-6.2-xmalloc.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- xfree.c
++++ xfree.c	2012-10-17 12:48:37.862344784 +0000
+@@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ xfree (string)
+   if (string)
+     free (string);
+ }
++
++#undef xfree
++extern void xfree PARAMS((void *)) __attribute__ ((weak, alias ("_rl_xfree")));
+--- xmalloc.c
++++ xmalloc.c	2012-10-17 12:48:28.430844890 +0000
+@@ -77,3 +77,8 @@ xrealloc (pointer, bytes)
+     memory_error_and_abort ("xrealloc");
+   return (temp);
+ }
++
++#undef xmalloc
++#undef xrealloc
++extern PTR_T xmalloc PARAMS((size_t)) __attribute__ ((weak, alias ("_rl_xmalloc")));
++extern PTR_T xrealloc PARAMS((void *, size_t)) __attribute__ ((weak, alias ("_rl_xrealloc")));
+--- xmalloc.h
++++ xmalloc.h	2012-10-17 12:27:20.325156790 +0000
+@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
+ 
+ #endif /* !PTR_T */
+ 
++#undef xmalloc
++#undef xrealloc
++#undef xfree
++
++#define xmalloc  _rl_xmalloc
++#define xrealloc _rl_xrealloc
++#define xfree    _rl_xfree
++
+ extern PTR_T xmalloc PARAMS((size_t));
+ extern PTR_T xrealloc PARAMS((void *, size_t));
+ extern void xfree PARAMS((void *));