diff --git a/3c52bd938975f7c5b32d7009f109ccbd2328c16d.patch b/3c52bd938975f7c5b32d7009f109ccbd2328c16d.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c5b4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3c52bd938975f7c5b32d7009f109ccbd2328c16d.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 3c52bd938975f7c5b32d7009f109ccbd2328c16d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
+Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:19:55 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] replace a symlink target rather than the symlink itself
+
+* NEWS: Mention the fix.
+* crudini: Get the realpath() to replace.
+* tests/test.sh: Add a test case.
+
+Fixes issue #43
+---
+ NEWS          | 4 +++-
+ crudini       | 2 +-
+ tests/test.sh | 6 ++++++
+ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: crudini-0.8/crudini
+===================================================================
+--- crudini-0.8.orig/crudini
++++ crudini-0.8/crudini
+@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ Options:
+             pass
+ 
+         if not self.output:
+-            self.output = self.cfgfile
++            self.output = os.path.realpath(self.cfgfile)
+ 
+         if self.cfgfile is None:
+             self.usage(1)
diff --git a/crudini-0.7.tar.gz b/crudini-0.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 1573d05..0000000
--- a/crudini-0.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:5d493ae6600e54f9e0296b12d3adba99b88a439d8c4b2ebf9bc6f9c0613a03d7
-size 22523
diff --git a/crudini-0.8.tar.gz b/crudini-0.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d032537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crudini-0.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:effdf8feb7efe252af87143c8756bbc69e2679afb6173083d38be02284385e5f
+size 22955
diff --git a/crudini.changes b/crudini.changes
index 8ad1c89..e641554 100644
--- a/crudini.changes
+++ b/crudini.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  8 22:03:01 UTC 2016 - tbechtold@suse.com
+
+- update to 0.8:
+  * maint: improve documentation for fsync() calls
+  * use sha256 rather than md5 to checksum file contents
+  * maint: remove stale comment
+  * document --help and --version
+  * fix spelling in --help and man page
+  * fix processing of lines starting with "rem"
+  * bump version for release
+- add 3c52bd938975f7c5b32d7009f109ccbd2328c16d.patch .
+  Fixes symlink handling when writing linked files.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 18 16:44:06 UTC 2016 - aplanas@suse.com
 
diff --git a/crudini.spec b/crudini.spec
index 894b90d..8b81a25 100644
--- a/crudini.spec
+++ b/crudini.spec
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@
 
 
 Name:           crudini
-Version:        0.7
+Version:        0.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        CRUD for .ini files
 License:        GPL-2.0
 Group:          System/Base
 Url:            https://github.com/pixelb/crudini/releases
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM 3c52bd938975f7c5b32d7009f109ccbd2328c16d.patch -- https://github.com/pixelb/crudini/commit/3c52bd938975f7c5b32d7009f109ccbd2328c16d
+Patch1:         3c52bd938975f7c5b32d7009f109ccbd2328c16d.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Requires:       python-iniparse
 
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ A utility for manipulating ini files.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build