diff --git a/tar-ignore_lone_zero_blocks.patch b/tar-ignore_lone_zero_blocks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..265189a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar-ignore_lone_zero_blocks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Index: tar-1.26/src/list.c
+===================================================================
+--- tar-1.26.orig/src/list.c	2011-02-16 23:12:16.000000000 +0100
++++ tar-1.26/src/list.c	2014-06-11 11:48:38.129824435 +0200
+@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ read_and (void (*do_something) (void))
+ 
+ 	  if (!ignore_zeros_option)
+ 	    {
++             /*
++              * According to POSIX tar specs, this is wrong, but on the web
++              * there are some tar specs that can trigger this, and some tar
++              * implementations create tars according to that spec.  For now,
++              * let's not be pedantic about issuing the warning.
++              */
++#if 0
++
+ 	      char buf[UINTMAX_STRSIZE_BOUND];
+ 
+ 	      status = read_header (&current_header, &current_stat_info,
+@@ -221,6 +229,9 @@ read_and (void (*do_something) (void))
+ 	      WARNOPT (WARN_ALONE_ZERO_BLOCK,
+ 		       (0, 0, _("A lone zero block at %s"),
+ 			STRINGIFY_BIGINT (current_block_ordinal (), buf)));
++#endif
++	      status = read_header (&current_header, &current_stat_info,
++	                            read_header_auto);
+ 	      break;
+ 	    }
+ 	  status = prev_status;
diff --git a/tar.changes b/tar.changes
index 8413756..d6c27b9 100644
--- a/tar.changes
+++ b/tar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 28 20:01:53 UTC 2014 - vcizek@suse.com
+
+- don't print lone zero blocks warning (bnc#881863)
+  * there are many tar implementations around that create invalid
+    archives with a zero block in the middle
+  * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=235820
+  * added tar-ignore_lone_zero_blocks.patch from Fedora
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 26 17:46:39 UTC 2014 - vcizek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index de633b2..805422a 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Patch6:         tar-backup-spec-fix-paths.patch
 Patch7:         tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
 Patch8:         tar-fix_eternal_loop_in_handle_option.patch
 Patch10:        paxutils-rtapelib_mtget.patch
+# don't print warning about zero blocks
+# the patch is used in Fedora and Debian
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=235820
+Patch11:        tar-ignore_lone_zero_blocks.patch
 Patch20:        add_readme-tests.patch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= %min_suse_ver
 BuildRequires:  help2man
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ Upstream testsuite for the package
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
 %patch10 -p1
+%patch11 -p1
 %patch20 -p1
 
 %build