diff --git a/tar-1.26-stdio.in.patch b/tar-1.26-stdio.in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7a9ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar-1.26-stdio.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -urNp tar-1.26-orig/gnu/stdio.in.h tar-1.26/gnu/stdio.in.h
+--- tar-1.26-orig/gnu/stdio.in.h
++++ tar-1.26/gnu/stdio.in.h
+@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (fflush, "fflush is not 
+    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
+    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
+ #undef gets
++#if HAVE_RAW_DECL_GETS
+ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
++#endif
+ 
+ #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
+ # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
diff --git a/tar.changes b/tar.changes
index 8ba7ce4..effc324 100644
--- a/tar.changes
+++ b/tar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 17 08:05:33 UTC 2012 - aj@suse.de
+
+- Fix build failure with undefined gets (glibc 2.16).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 30 13:08:28 UTC 2012 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index f69fda9..125a5ab 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch3:         tar-wildcards.patch
 Patch6:         tar-backup-spec-fix-paths.patch
 Patch7:         tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
+Patch8:         tar-1.26-stdio.in.patch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= %min_suse_ver
 BuildRequires:  help2man
 Recommends:     tar-lang = %{version}
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ Shell scripts for system backup/restore
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1
+%patch8 -p1
 
 %build
 %define my_cflags -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter