diff --git a/bzip2-1.0.6-bzgrep_return_value.patch b/bzip2-1.0.6-bzgrep_return_value.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1227517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bzip2-1.0.6-bzgrep_return_value.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Index: bzip2-1.0.6/bzgrep
+===================================================================
+--- bzip2-1.0.6.orig/bzgrep
++++ bzip2-1.0.6/bzgrep
+@@ -65,8 +65,20 @@ for i do
+   else
+     j=$(echo "$i" | sed 's/\\/&&/g;s/|/\\&/g;s/&/\\&/g')
+     j=`printf "%s" "$j" | tr '\n' ' '`
+-    bzip2 -cdfq "$i" | $grep $opt "$pat" | sed "s|^|${j}:|"
+-    r=$?
++    # A trick adapted from
++    # https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/comp.unix.shell/x1345iu10eg/Nn1n-1r1uU0J
++    # that has the same effect as the following bash code:
++    # bzip2 -cdfq "$i" | $grep $opt "$pat" | sed "s|^|${j}:|"
++    # r=${PIPESTATUS[1]}
++    exec 3>&1
++    eval `
++      exec 4>&1 >&3 3>&-
++      {
++        bzip2 -cdfq "$i" 4>&-
++      } | {
++        $grep $opt "$pat" 4>&-; echo "r=$?;" >&4
++      } | sed "s|^|${j}:|"
++    `
+   fi
+   test "$r" -ne 0 && res="$r"
+ done
diff --git a/bzip2.changes b/bzip2.changes
index 8fce4d8..374dda7 100644
--- a/bzip2.changes
+++ b/bzip2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 24 15:44:52 UTC 2016 - kstreitova@suse.com
+
+- add bzip2-1.0.6-bzgrep_return_value.patch to fix bzgrep wrapper
+  that always returns 0 as an exit code when grepping multiple
+  archives [bsc#970260]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 13 08:12:20 UTC 2016 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/bzip2.spec b/bzip2.spec
index 750775b..fa80637 100644
--- a/bzip2.spec
+++ b/bzip2.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Patch1:         bzip2-1.0.6-fix-bashisms.patch
 Patch2:         bzip2-unsafe_strcpy.patch
 Patch3:         bzip2-point-to-doc-pkg.patch
 Patch4:         bzip2-ocloexec.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM bnc#970260 kstreitova@suse.com -- fix a wrong exit code when grepping multiple archives
+Patch5:         bzip2-1.0.6-bzgrep_return_value.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.57
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ The bzip2 runtime library development files.
 %patch2
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4
+%patch5 -p1
 autoreconf -fiv
 
 %build