diff --git a/fix-fd-leak.diff b/fix-fd-leak.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4159bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-fd-leak.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Summary: Do not leak file descriptors
+Author: Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.de>
+
+There is nothing closing the file, the notify callback tries to,
+but gets passed a 0 pointer, so this is the easiest solution.
+Michael contacts upstream to find out what the real solution is
+
+--- lib/rpmte.c
++++ lib/rpmte.c
+@@ -717,6 +717,8 @@ static int rpmteClose(rpmte te, int rese
+     case TR_ADDED:
+ 	if (te->fd) {
+ 	    rpmtsNotify(te->ts, te, RPMCALLBACK_INST_CLOSE_FILE, 0, 0);
++	    if (te->fd) /* not yet closed */
++	        Fclose(te->fd);
+ 	    te->fd = NULL;
+ 	}
+ 	break;
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 8a504fe..94bd766 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 26 14:13:48 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- fix rpm leaking file descriptors of packages:
+   patch fix-fd-leak.diff
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 24 11:43:13 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index bb3ac7b..02d972c 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Patch78:        headerchk2.diff
 Patch79:        helperenv.diff
 Patch80:        obsoletesdeptag.diff
 Patch81:        fdopen_strncat.diff
+Patch82:        fix-fd-leak.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #
 # avoid bootstrapping problem
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ rm -f rpmdb/db.h
 %patch -P 50 -P 51 -P 52 -P 53 -P 54 -P 55 -P 56 -P 57 -P 58 -P 59
 %patch -P 60 -P 61 -P 62 -P 63 -P 64 -P 65 -P 66 -P 67 -P 68 -P 69
 %patch -P 70 -P 71 -P 72 -P 73 -P 74 -P 75 -P 76 -P 77 -P 78 -P 79
-%patch -P 80 -P 81
+%patch -P 80 -P 81 -P 82
 #chmod 755 scripts/find-supplements{,.ksyms}
 #chmod 755 scripts/find-provides.ksyms scripts/find-requires.ksyms
 #chmod 755 scripts/firmware.prov