diff --git a/tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch b/tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f594ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Index: tar-1.26/src/tar.c
+===================================================================
+--- tar-1.26.orig/src/tar.c
++++ tar-1.26/src/tar.c
+@@ -2467,10 +2467,14 @@ decode_options (int argc, char **argv)
+ 
+   /* Flags for accessing files to be read from or copied into.  POSIX says
+      O_NONBLOCK has unspecified effect on most types of files, but in
+-     practice it never harms and sometimes helps.  */
++     practice it never harms and sometimes helps.
++
++     It seems in fact that in practice it never helps and sometimes harms.
++     Removing again.
++   */
+   {
+     int base_open_flags =
+-      (O_BINARY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK
++      (O_BINARY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NOCTTY
+        | (dereference_option ? 0 : O_NOFOLLOW)
+        | (atime_preserve_option == system_atime_preserve ? O_NOATIME : 0));
+     open_read_flags = O_RDONLY | base_open_flags;
diff --git a/tar.changes b/tar.changes
index 68d2d90..662f59b 100644
--- a/tar.changes
+++ b/tar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 19 13:43:45 UTC 2011 - tcech@suse.cz
+
+- tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch:
+  don't use O_NONBLOCK as a flag for read,
+  when file is offline, read with O_NONBLOCK returns EAGAIN,
+  but tar doesn't handle it 
+  (bnc#737331)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 30 23:16:20 CET 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
 
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index d958f3b..5aba053 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-
 # minimum suse version where the full featured package builds
 %define min_suse_ver 1010
 
 Name:           tar
 Version:        1.26
-Release:        1
-License:        GPL-3.0+
+Release:        0
 Summary:        GNU implementation of tar ((t)ape (ar)chiver)
-Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
+License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          System/Base
+Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 #
 Patch3:         tar-wildcards.patch
 Patch6:         tar-backup-spec-fix-paths.patch
+Patch7:         tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= %min_suse_ver
 BuildRequires:  help2man
 Recommends:     tar-lang = %{version}
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ provided by tar you have to also install the 'dump' or the 'star'
 package.
 
 %package backup-scripts
-License:        GPL-3.0+
 Summary:        Backup scripts
 Group:          Productivity/Archiving/Backup
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ Shell scripts for system backup/restore
 %setup -q
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -p1
 
 %build
 %define my_cflags -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter