diff --git a/bash.changes b/bash.changes
index 34990f0..dec5b89 100644
--- a/bash.changes
+++ b/bash.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 30 13:24:57 CEST 2009 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Make _rl_enable_meta configurable by the users (bnc#541379)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  9 17:41:15 CEST 2009 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/bash.spec b/bash.spec
index e9c1881..6d5976b 100644
--- a/bash.spec
+++ b/bash.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Recommends:     bash-lang = %bash_vers
 Suggests:       command-not-found
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        4.0
-Release:        16
+Release:        17
 Summary:        The GNU Bourne-Again Shell
 Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html
 Source0:        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-%{bash_vers}.tar.bz2
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Patch20:        readline-%{rl_vers}.dif
 Patch21:        readline-4.3-input.dif
 Patch22:        readline-6.0-wrap.patch
 Patch23:        readline-5.2-conf.patch
+Patch24:        readline-6.0-metamode.patch
 Patch30:        readline-6.0-destdir.patch
 Patch40:        bash-4.0.10-typo.patch
 Patch42:        bash-4.0.24-acl.dif
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ Group:          Documentation/Man
 Provides:       bash:%{_infodir}/bash.info.gz
 PreReq:         %install_info_prereq
 Version:        4.0
-Release:        16
+Release:        17
 AutoReqProv:    on
 
 %description -n bash-doc
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ License:        GPL v2 or later
 Summary:        Include Files mandatory for Development of bash loadable builtins
 Group:          Development/Languages/C and C++
 Version:        4.0
-Release:        5
+Release:        6
 AutoReqProv:    on
 
 %description -n bash-devel
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ License:        GPL v2 or later
 Summary:        Loadable bash builtins
 Group:          System/Shells
 Version:        4.0
-Release:        5
+Release:        6
 AutoReqProv:    on
 
 %description -n bash-loadables
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ Summary:        The Readline Library
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Provides:       bash:/%{_lib}/libreadline.so.%{rl_major}
 Version:        6.0
-Release:        16
+Release:        17
 Recommends:     readline-doc = %{version}
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ Summary:        Include Files and Libraries mandatory for Development
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Provides:       bash:%{_libdir}/libreadline.a
 Version:        6.0
-Release:        16
+Release:        17
 Requires:       libreadline6 = %{version}
 Requires:       ncurses-devel
 Recommends:     readline-doc = %{version}
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ Group:          System/Libraries
 Provides:       readline:%{_infodir}/readline.info.gz
 PreReq:         %install_info_prereq
 Version:        6.0
-Release:        16
+Release:        17
 AutoReqProv:    on
 
 %description -n readline-doc
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ unset p
 %patch21 -p0 -b .zerotty
 %patch22 -p0 -b .wrap
 %patch23 -p0 -b .conf
+%patch24 -p0 -b .metamode
 %patch40 -p0 -b .typo
 %patch42 -p0 -b .acl
 %patch0  -p0
@@ -309,6 +311,7 @@ done
 %patch21 -p2 -b .zerotty
 %patch22 -p2 -b .wrap
 %patch23 -p2 -b .conf
+%patch24 -p2 -b .metamode
 %patch30 -p0 -b .destdir
 %patch20 -p0
 
diff --git a/readline-6.0-metamode.patch b/readline-6.0-metamode.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..183d5b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readline-6.0-metamode.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# See bug bnc#541379
+--- lib/readline/bind.c
++++ lib/readline/bind.c	2009-09-30 11:25:38.087930034 +0200
+@@ -1473,6 +1473,7 @@ static const struct {
+ #if defined (VISIBLE_STATS)
+   { "visible-stats",		&rl_visible_stats,		0 },
+ #endif /* VISIBLE_STATS */
++  { "meta-mode",		&_rl_enable_meta,		0 },
+   { (char *)NULL, (int *)NULL }
+ };
+