diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index 505c396..04c3d4a 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 11 17:52:56 UTC 2024 - Danilo Spinella <danilo.spinella@suse.com>
+
+- Fix anacron not working when /etc/default/anacron does not exist,
+  fixes bsc#1218377
+  * test-for-etc-default-anacron.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Nov 11 15:17:43 UTC 2023 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 026d3de..5ae531a 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cronie
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Patch5:         cronie-crond_pid.diff
 Patch13:        fix-manpage-replace-anacrontab-with-crontab.patch
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE user common-session-nonlogin
 Patch14:        cronie-pam_config-nonlogin.diff
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM danilo.spinella@suse.com bsc#1218377
+Patch15:        test-for-etc-default-anacron.patch
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE7} ./cron_to_cronie.README
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
 %patch14 -p1
 %endif
+%patch15 -p1
 
 %build
 # fill macro CRON_VERSION it is used in top three lines of crontab file,should be reworked
diff --git a/test-for-etc-default-anacron.patch b/test-for-etc-default-anacron.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fc64ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-for-etc-default-anacron.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 7700b1465d32ddb1d3988e9af852af6f0f5cd66e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de>
+Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:14:33 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] re-introduce the test for existence of file
+
+If the file does not exist it exits early with error... Let's source
+only if files acutually does exist. We still have a sane default.
+---
+ contrib/0anacron | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/contrib/0anacron b/contrib/0anacron
+index 090219a..5379e41 100644
+--- a/contrib/0anacron
++++ b/contrib/0anacron
+@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ if [ `date +%Y%m%d` = "$day" ]; then
+ fi
+ 
+ # Check whether run on battery should be allowed
+-. /etc/default/anacron
++if test -r /etc/default/anacron; then
++    . /etc/default/anacron
++fi
+ 
+ if [ "$ANACRON_RUN_ON_BATTERY_POWER" != "yes" ]; then
+