diff --git a/perl-gdbm-test-no-mmap.diff b/perl-gdbm-test-no-mmap.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f05a9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl-gdbm-test-no-mmap.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ./ext/GDBM_File/t/fatal.t.orig	2018-09-28 14:01:52.697941391 +0000
++++ ./ext/GDBM_File/t/fatal.t	2018-09-28 14:02:35.601833563 +0000
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ is((open $fh, "<&=$fileno"), undef,
+ umask(0);
+ my %h;
+ isa_ok(tie(%h, 'GDBM_File', 'Op_dbmx', GDBM_WRCREAT, 0640), 'GDBM_File');
++tied(%h)->setopt(7, 0, length(pack("i", 0)));	# turn off mmap mode
+ 
+ isnt((open $fh, "<&=$fileno"), undef, "dup fileno $fileno")
+     or diag("\$! = $!");
diff --git a/perl-revert-caretx.diff b/perl-revert-caretx.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a3fdf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl-revert-caretx.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+--- ./caretx.c.orig	2018-05-21 12:29:23.000000000 +0000
++++ ./caretx.c	2018-09-28 14:05:46.785353073 +0000
+@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ Perl_set_caret_X(pTHX) {
+     SV *const caret_x = GvSV(tmpgv);
+ #if defined(OS2)
+     sv_setpv(caret_x, os2_execname(aTHX));
+-#elif defined(USE_KERN_PROC_PATHNAME)
++#else
++#  ifdef USE_KERN_PROC_PATHNAME
+     size_t size = 0;
+     int mib[4];
+     mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
+@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ Perl_set_caret_X(pTHX) {
+             return;
+         }
+     }
+-#elif defined(USE_NSGETEXECUTABLEPATH)
++#  elif defined(USE_NSGETEXECUTABLEPATH)
+     char buf[1];
+     uint32_t size = sizeof(buf);
+ 
+@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ Perl_set_caret_X(pTHX) {
+             return;
+         }
+     }
+-#elif defined(HAS_PROCSELFEXE)
++#  elif defined(HAS_PROCSELFEXE)
+     char buf[MAXPATHLEN];
+     SSize_t len = readlink(PROCSELFEXE_PATH, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+     /* NOTE: if the length returned by readlink() is sizeof(buf) - 1,
+@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ Perl_set_caret_X(pTHX) {
+         sv_setpvn(caret_x, buf, len);
+         return;
+     }
+-#elif defined(WIN32)
++#  elif defined(WIN32)
+     char *ansi;
+     WCHAR widename[MAX_PATH];
+     GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, widename, sizeof(widename)/sizeof(WCHAR));
+@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ Perl_set_caret_X(pTHX) {
+     sv_setpv(caret_x, ansi);
+     win32_free(ansi);
+     return;
+-#else
++#  endif
+     /* Fallback to this:  */
+     sv_setpv(caret_x, PL_origargv[0]);
+ #endif
diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index 4e04f6e..73707ec 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 28 16:06:46 CEST 2018 - mls@suse.de
+
+- fix testing fatal errors in gdbm
+  new patch: perl-gdbm-test-no-mmap.diff
+- fix perl no longer setting $^X if /proc is not mounted
+  new patch: perl-revert-caretx.diff
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 26 15:01:32 CEST 2018 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index da6d875..74e0de4 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Patch11:        perl-5.18.2-overflow.diff
 Patch12:        perl-reproducible.patch
 Patch13:        perl_skip_flaky_tests_powerpc.patch
 Patch14:        posix-sigaction.patch
+Patch15:        perl-gdbm-test-no-mmap.diff
+Patch16:        perl-revert-caretx.diff
 BuildRequires:  db-devel
 BuildRequires:  gdbm-devel
 BuildRequires:  libbz2-devel
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ cp -p %{SOURCE3} .
 %patch11
 %patch12 -p1
 %patch14 -p1
+%patch15
+%patch16
 
 %build
 cp -a lib savelib