diff --git a/0001-fix-minimize_writes.patch b/0001-fix-minimize_writes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0d59c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-fix-minimize_writes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+commit 03f146e955e099c24f7a49eff461645e1c0a0fd7
+Author: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
+Date:   Thu Jan 13 11:25:30 2022 +0200
+
+    Fix minimize_writes not minimizing writes since 4.15 regression
+    
+    Commit 13f70e3710b2df49a923cc6450ff4a8f86e65666 caused minimize_writes
+    to actually not minimize anything since fsmVerify() only "verifies"
+    the thing does NOT exist anymore when it exist. Sigh.
+    
+    FA_TOUCH needs different kind of verification, stat the file instead
+    to see if it needs creating afterall. This is all soooo broken...
+    
+    Fixes: #1881
+
+--- lib/fsm.c.orig
++++ lib/fsm.c
+@@ -945,7 +945,12 @@ int rpmPackageFilesInstall(rpmts ts, rpmte te, rpmfiles files,
+ 	    }
+ 	    /* Assume file does't exist when tmp suffix is in use */
+ 	    if (!fp->suffix) {
+-		rc = fsmVerify(fp->fpath, fi);
++		if (fp->action == FA_TOUCH) {
++		    struct stat sb;
++		    rc = fsmStat(fp->fpath, 1, &sb);
++		} else {
++		    rc = fsmVerify(fp->fpath, fi);
++		}
+ 	    } else {
+ 		rc = RPMERR_ENOENT;
+ 	    }
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index ae5c0ec..3533946 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ Tue Feb  1 12:47:02 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
 - invoke find-lang.sh with bash, it is a bash script (bsc#1195391) 
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 28 17:00:15 CEST 2022 - simon.vogl@gmx.net
+
+- Fix minimize_writes not minimizing writes since 4.15 regression
+  new patch: 0001-fix-minimize_writes.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 28 14:19:02 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index ae0890d..9f66a3f 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ Patch132:       verbosearg.diff
 Patch133:       zstdpool.diff
 Patch134:       zstdthreaded.diff
 Patch135:       ocaml-cmxs.diff
+Patch136:       0001-fix-minimize_writes.patch
 Patch200:       finddebuginfo.diff
 Patch201:       finddebuginfo-absolute-links.diff
 Patch202:       debugsubpkg.diff
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ rm -rf sqlite
 %patch -P 100        -P 102 -P 103
 %patch                                                  -P 117
 %patch -P 122 -P 123               -P 131 -P 132 -P 133 -P 134
-%patch -P 135
+%patch -P 135 -P 136
 
 # debugedit patches
 pushd debugedit-5.0