diff --git a/dd_rescue-1.39.tar.gz b/dd_rescue-1.39.tar.gz
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index 59e582d..0000000
--- a/dd_rescue-1.39.tar.gz
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-oid sha256:c65925e46be08c08233958a68db73a3861b499ffb2fd4413e68387dd752a77f1
-size 46875
diff --git a/dd_rescue-1.40.tar.gz b/dd_rescue-1.40.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f388161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd_rescue-1.40.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:54545ebbe2be00597d8c9ba3d51abcfdd7ba89f17d51974629e612c2619730ff
+size 47107
diff --git a/dd_rescue.changes b/dd_rescue.changes
index febf390..956b25a 100644
--- a/dd_rescue.changes
+++ b/dd_rescue.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 18 23:52:41 CEST 2013 - kurt@garloff.de
+
+- Update to dd_rescue-1.40:
+  * Copy xattrs on -p/--preserve
+  * For odd file offsets, do odd-sized write first, so subsequent
+    writes are aligned.
+  * Support half-empty block sparse detection and double softbs
+    default for buffered IO.
+  * Add a lot more test cases to make check.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  8 13:59:39 CEST 2013 - kurt@garloff.de
 
diff --git a/dd_rescue.spec b/dd_rescue.spec
index c6a0189..31d72a4 100644
--- a/dd_rescue.spec
+++ b/dd_rescue.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           dd_rescue
-Version:        1.39
+Version:        1.40
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Data Copying in the Presence of I/O Errors
 License:        GPL-2.0 or GPL-3.0
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Group:          System/Base
 Url:            http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/
 Source0:        http://garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
+BuildRequires:  libattr-devel
 BuildRequires:  libfallocate-devel
 Requires:       bc
 Recommends:     dd_rhelp libfallocate0