diff --git a/bug-841457_make-savannah-bug30612-handling_of_archives-part2.txt b/bug-841457_make-savannah-bug30612-handling_of_archives-part2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..465a74c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bug-841457_make-savannah-bug30612-handling_of_archives-part2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff --git a/read.c b/read.c
+index 8587e85..370009d 100644
+--- a/read.c
++++ b/read.c
+@@ -3047,16 +3047,16 @@ parse_file_seq (char **stringp, unsigned int size, int stopchar,
+                       nlen -= (n + 1) - tp;
+                       tp = n + 1;
+ 
+-                      /* If we have just "lib(", part of something like
+-                         "lib( a b)", go to the next item.  */
+-                      if (! nlen)
+-                        continue;
+-
+                       /* We can stop looking now.  */
+                       break;
+                     }
+                 }
+               while (*e != '\0');
++
++              /* If we have just "lib(", part of something like "lib( a b)",
++                 go to the next item.  */
++              if (! nlen)
++                continue;
+             }
+         }
+ 
+diff --git a/tests/scripts/features/archives b/tests/scripts/features/archives
+index 00aa1af..3fe46a0 100644
+--- a/tests/scripts/features/archives
++++ b/tests/scripts/features/archives
+@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ utouch(-50, 'a2.o');
+ run_make_test('all: libxx.a(a3.o *.o)', '',
+               "ar rv libxx.a a3.o\na - a3.o\nar rv libxx.a a2.o\nr - a2.o\n");
+ 
++# Check whitespace handling
++utouch(-40, 'a2.o');
++run_make_test('all: libxx.a(  a3.o    *.o     )', '',
++              "ar rv libxx.a a2.o\nr - a2.o\n");
++
+ rmfiles(qw(a1.o a2.o a3.o libxx.a));
+ 
+ # This tells the test driver that the perl test script executed properly.
+-- 
+1.8.4
+
diff --git a/make.changes b/make.changes
index 5bf20f6..75060c8 100644
--- a/make.changes
+++ b/make.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Sep 29 17:56:07 UTC 2013 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- fixed a make target issue with .a (x y) targets (bnc#841457)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 18 08:45:36 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/make.spec b/make.spec
index da28dda..da10b95 100644
--- a/make.spec
+++ b/make.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Patch7:         make-glob-faster.patch
 Patch8:         make-arglength.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM make-parallel-build.patch dmistar@opensuse.org -- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?30653 
 Patch9:         make-parallel-build.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM bug-841457_make-savannah-bug30612-handling_of_archives-part2.txt meissner@suse.com -- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841457
+Patch10:        bug-841457_make-savannah-bug30612-handling_of_archives-part2.txt
 Patch64:        make-library-search-path.diff
 Patch65:        config-guess-update.diff
 #BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ The GNU make command with extensive documentation.
 %patch7 -p0
 %patch8 -p1
 %patch9 -p1
+%patch10 -p1
 if [ %_lib == lib64 ]; then
 %patch64
 fi