diff --git a/kexec-fix-strncat.patch b/kexec-fix-strncat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73de80e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kexec-fix-strncat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Index: kexec-tools-2.0.2/kexec/arch/ppc64/fs2dt.c
+===================================================================
+--- kexec-tools-2.0.2.orig/kexec/arch/ppc64/fs2dt.c
++++ kexec-tools-2.0.2/kexec/arch/ppc64/fs2dt.c
+@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static void putnode(void)
+ 		 * pseries/hvcterminal is supported.
+ 		 */
+ 		strcpy(filename, pathname);
+-		strncat(filename, "linux,stdout-path", MAXPATH);
++		strncat(filename, "linux,stdout-path", MAXPATH-strlen(filename)-1);
+ 		fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+ 		if (fd == -1) {
+ 			printf("Unable to find %s, printing from purgatory is diabled\n",
+@@ -618,8 +618,8 @@ static void putnode(void)
+ 		read(fd, buff, statbuf.st_size);
+ 		close(fd);
+ 		strncpy(filename, "/proc/device-tree/", MAXPATH);
+-		strncat(filename, buff, MAXPATH);
+-		strncat(filename, "/compatible", MAXPATH);
++		strncat(filename, buff, MAXPATH-strlen(filename)-1);
++		strncat(filename, "/compatible", MAXPATH-strlen(filename)-1);
+ 		fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+ 		if (fd == -1) {
+ 			printf("Unable to find %s printing from purgatory is diabled\n",
diff --git a/kexec-tools.changes b/kexec-tools.changes
index 5b3eb22..925e3f8 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.changes
+++ b/kexec-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jul 10 23:48:14 CEST 2011 - meissner@suse.de
+
+- fixed strncat sizse argument on ppc
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 17 11:12:54 CEST 2011 - jslaby@suse.de
 
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 434c4cb..b90ca1a 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Source4:        %{name}-%{version}-rpmlintrc
 Patch0:         %{name}-no-vga-output.diff
 Patch1:         %{name}-xen-static.diff
 Patch2:         gcc-no-undefined-flag-fix.patch
+Patch3:         kexec-fix-strncat.patch
 Url:            ftp://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #!BuildIgnore:  fop
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 %build
 # disable as-needed