diff --git a/coreutils.changes b/coreutils.changes
index 890ff20..2764b89 100644
--- a/coreutils.changes
+++ b/coreutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr 24 09:49:04 UTC 2022 - Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>
+
+- gnulib-simple-backup-fix.patch: Add patch to make simple backups in correct
+  directory; broken in 9.1.  See https://bugs.gnu.org/55029
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 21 20:58:30 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 8fd48da..b816c65 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -63,9 +63,14 @@ Patch303:       coreutils-tests-shorten-extreme-factor-tests.patch
 Patch304:       coreutils-use-python3.patch
 Patch500:       coreutils-disable_tests.patch
 Patch501:       coreutils-test_without_valgrind.patch
-# Upstream patch - remove with version >9.0:
+
+# Downstream patch to skip a test failing on OBS.
 # tests: skip tests/rm/ext3-perf.sh temporarily as it hangs on OBS.
 Patch810:       coreutils-skip-tests-rm-ext3-perf.patch
+
+# Upstream patch - remove with version >9.1:
+Patch850:       gnulib-simple-backup-fix.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  gmp-devel
 BuildRequires:  libacl-devel
@@ -160,6 +165,7 @@ This package contains the documentation for the GNU Core Utilities.
 %patch501
 
 %patch810
+%patch850
 
 # ================================================
 %build
diff --git a/gnulib-simple-backup-fix.patch b/gnulib-simple-backup-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa70c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnulib-simple-backup-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+Upstream patch on top of coreutils-9.1; remove with >9.1.
+Fixes: https://bugs.gnu.org/55029
+
+Two commits:
+
+* https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=e087525091b
+
+  commit e087525091b8f0a15eb2354f71032597d5271599
+  Author: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+  Date:   Wed Apr 20 19:44:56 2022 -0700
+
+    mv: test Bug#55029
+    
+    * tests/mv/backup-dir.sh: New test for Bug#55029,
+    reported by Steve Ward.
+
+* https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=7347caeb9d90
+
+  commit 7347caeb9d902d3fca2c11f69a55a3e578d93bfe
+  Author: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+  Date:   Wed Apr 20 19:34:57 2022 -0700
+
+    backupfile: fix bug when renaming simple backups
+    
+    * lib/backupfile.c (backupfile_internal): Fix bug when RENAME
+    and when doing simple backups.  Problem reported by Steve Ward in:
+    https://bugs.gnu.org/55029
+
+---
+ NEWS                   |    8 ++++++++
+ lib/backupfile.c       |    7 +++----
+ tests/mv/backup-dir.sh |    6 ++++++
+ 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+Index: lib/backupfile.c
+===================================================================
+--- lib/backupfile.c.orig
++++ lib/backupfile.c
+@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ backupfile_internal (int dir_fd, char co
+     return s;
+ 
+   DIR *dirp = NULL;
+-  int sdir = AT_FDCWD;
++  int sdir = dir_fd;
+   idx_t base_max = 0;
+   while (true)
+     {
+@@ -371,10 +371,9 @@ backupfile_internal (int dir_fd, char co
+       if (! rename)
+         break;
+ 
+-      int olddirfd = sdir < 0 ? dir_fd : sdir;
+-      idx_t offset = sdir < 0 ? 0 : base_offset;
++      idx_t offset = backup_type == simple_backups ? 0 : base_offset;
+       unsigned flags = backup_type == simple_backups ? 0 : RENAME_NOREPLACE;
+-      if (renameatu (olddirfd, file + offset, sdir, s + offset, flags) == 0)
++      if (renameatu (sdir, file + offset, sdir, s + offset, flags) == 0)
+         break;
+       int e = errno;
+       if (! (e == EEXIST && extended))
+Index: tests/mv/backup-dir.sh
+===================================================================
+--- tests/mv/backup-dir.sh.orig
++++ tests/mv/backup-dir.sh
+@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@ mkdir C D E || framework_failure_
+ mv -T --backup=numbered C E/ || fail=1
+ mv -T --backup=numbered D E/ || fail=1
+ 
++# Bug#55029
++mkdir F && echo 1 >1 && echo 2 >2 && cp 1 F/X && cp 2 X || framework_failure_
++mv --backup=simple X F/ || fail=1
++compare 1 F/X~ || fail=1
++compare 2 F/X || fail=1
++
+ Exit $fail
+Index: NEWS
+===================================================================
+--- NEWS.orig
++++ NEWS
+@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
+ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
+ 
++* Downstream changes on top of release 9.1
++
++** Bug fixes
++
++  'mv --backup=simple f d/' no longer mistakenly backs up d/f to f~.
++  [bug introduced in coreutils-9.1]
++
++
+ * Noteworthy changes in release 9.1 (2022-04-15) [stable]
+ 
+ ** Bug fixes