diff --git a/zlib-format.patch b/zlib-format.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81950a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zlib-format.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+From: meissner@suse.de
+Subject: supply format arguments to gzprintf().
+
+Index: zlib-1.2.7/zlib.h
+===================================================================
+--- zlib-1.2.7.orig/zlib.h	2012-05-03 06:12:35.000000000 +0200
++++ zlib-1.2.7/zlib.h	2012-09-27 13:12:58.187146312 +0200
+@@ -1329,7 +1329,11 @@
+    error.
+ */
+ 
+-ZEXTERN int ZEXPORTVA gzprintf Z_ARG((gzFile file, const char *format, ...));
++ZEXTERN int ZEXPORTVA gzprintf Z_ARG((gzFile file, const char *format, ...))
++#ifdef __GNUC__
++	__attribute__((__format__(__printf__,2,3)))
++#endif
++;
+ /*
+      Converts, formats, and writes the arguments to the compressed file under
+    control of the format string, as in fprintf.  gzprintf returns the number of
diff --git a/zlib.changes b/zlib.changes
index 0b41785..243d04a 100644
--- a/zlib.changes
+++ b/zlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 29 12:37:19 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com
+
+- zlib-format.patch, backport missing sle11 feature back to openSUSE
+  bnc#831880
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May 11 11:51:40 UTC 2013 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/zlib.spec b/zlib.spec
index e1a5e07..18e2269 100644
--- a/zlib.spec
+++ b/zlib.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Source3:        zlib-rpmlintrc
 #PATCH-FIX-SUSE: fate#314093, sent upstream by IBM
 Patch0:         zlib-1.2.7-improve-longest_match-performance.patch
+#PATCH-FIX-SUSE: compiler check of varguments passed to gzprintf
+Patch1:         zlib-format.patch
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # bug437293
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ libraries.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now"