diff --git a/dmraid-fdleak.patch b/dmraid-fdleak.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef94d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmraid-fdleak.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Index: libdmraid-events/libdmraid-events.c
+===================================================================
+--- libdmraid-events/libdmraid-events.c.orig	2008-07-18 23:30:05.000000000 +0200
++++ libdmraid-events/libdmraid-events.c	2009-10-03 14:55:34.000000000 +0200
+@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ static int _repopulate(const char* devic
+ 							}
+ 							fscanf(fd, "%s", curr->raid_mem[curr->num_sata_drives].major_minor);
+ 							fclose(fd);
++							closedir(dir);
+ 							curr->raid_mem[curr->num_sata_drives].port_num = atoi(dir_ent[i]->d_name);
+ 							syslog(LOG_INFO, "Added disk %s (%s) port=%i\n", 
+ 								disk, curr->raid_mem[curr->num_sata_drives].major_minor, curr->raid_mem[curr->num_sata_drives].port_num);
+@@ -969,6 +970,7 @@ int register_device(const char *device, 
+ 						}
+ 						fscanf(fd, "%s", rv_next->raid_mem[m].major_minor);
+ 						fclose(fd);
++						closedir(dir);
+ 						rv_next->raid_mem[m].port_num = atoi(dir_ent[j]->d_name);
+ 						m++;
+ 						break;
diff --git a/dmraid.changes b/dmraid.changes
index 5ef21a3..323363b 100644
--- a/dmraid.changes
+++ b/dmraid.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct  3 13:21:37 UTC 2009 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- fix directory handle leaks in libdmraid-events [bnc#524202] 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 24 21:28:51 UTC 2009 - hvogel@novell.com
 
diff --git a/dmraid.spec b/dmraid.spec
index 39e813e..7b066ae 100644
--- a/dmraid.spec
+++ b/dmraid.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Group:          System/Base
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        A Device-Mapper Software RAID Support Tool
 Version:        1.0.0.rc15
-Release:        7
+Release:        8
 Source:         ftp://people.redhat.com/heinzm/sw/dmraid/src/dmraid-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        sysconfig.dmraid
 Source2:        boot.dmraid
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Patch11:        dmraid-1.0.0.rc15-scsi_serial_remove_ws.patch
 Patch13:        dmraid-1.0.0.rc15-isw-raid10.patch
 Patch14:        dmraid-1.0.0.rc15-rm_partitions.patch
 Patch15:        dmraid-1.0.0.rc15-isw-serial.patch
+Patch16:        dmraid-fdleak.patch
 Patch500:       ARM_libdmraid_ldflags.diff
 # libdmraid-events
 Patch50:        libdmraid-events.dif
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch13 -p1
 %patch14 -p1
 %patch15 -p1
+%patch16
 pushd libdmraid*
 %patch50
 %patch500 -p1