diff --git a/libatasmart-0.19-wd-fix.patch b/libatasmart-0.19-wd-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8b2ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libatasmart-0.19-wd-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Author: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
+Subject: fix an incorrect IO error reading SMART status
+Description: The read SMART status command's return status
+ was testing for a success/failure value that included 8
+ bits that are "N/A" according to the standard, and required
+ that they be zeros.  At least some drives do not fill them
+ with zeros, so correct this by masking off the undefined
+ bits.
+
+Index: b/atasmart.c
+===================================================================
+--- a/atasmart.c
++++ b/atasmart.c
+@@ -925,10 +925,10 @@
+         /* SAT/USB bridges truncate packets, so we only check for 4F,
+          * not for 2C on those */
+         if ((d->type == SK_DISK_TYPE_ATA_PASSTHROUGH_12 || cmd[3] == htons(0x00C2U)) &&
+-            cmd[4] == htons(0x4F00U))
++            (cmd[4] & htons(0xFF00U)) == htons(0x4F00U))
+                 *good = TRUE;
+         else if ((d->type == SK_DISK_TYPE_ATA_PASSTHROUGH_12 || cmd[3] == htons(0x002CU)) &&
+-                 cmd[4] == htons(0xF400U))
++                 (cmd[4] & htons(0xFF00U)) == htons(0xF400U))
+                 *good = FALSE;
+         else {
+                 errno = EIO;
diff --git a/libatasmart.changes b/libatasmart.changes
index 2e2c073..cd0e678 100644
--- a/libatasmart.changes
+++ b/libatasmart.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 13 18:45:50 UTC 2017 - zaitor@opensuse.org
+
+- Add libatasmart-0.19-wd-fix.patch: Fix issue with WD drives.
+  Fixes fdo#61998.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 29 12:59:30 UTC 2016 - perry.werneck@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/libatasmart.spec b/libatasmart.spec
index 21908e3..4443493 100644
--- a/libatasmart.spec
+++ b/libatasmart.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ License:        LGPL-2.1+
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Url:            http://git.0pointer.net/libatasmart.git/
 Source:         http://0pointer.de/public/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Patch0:         libatasmart-0.19-wd-fix.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  libudev-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ health monitoring.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static