diff --git a/iputils/.md5sum b/iputils/.md5sum
index 55e6b564..519095eb 100644
--- a/iputils/.md5sum
+++ b/iputils/.md5sum
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 91ec714aed9abdb1c91eb7b75b59290f  iputils-man-s20071127.tar.bz2
+df44228e87bb629c3d3aa562f7966ebf  iputils-s20071127-open_max.patch
 12245e9927d60ff5cf4a99d265bcb7d3  iputils-s20071127.tar.bz2
diff --git a/iputils/Pkgfile b/iputils/Pkgfile
index 73941e4a..74578d0c 100644
--- a/iputils/Pkgfile
+++ b/iputils/Pkgfile
@@ -5,19 +5,21 @@
 
 name=iputils
 version=s20071127
-release=1
-source=(http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/$name-$version.tar.bz2 \
-        http://crux.nu/~jue/files/dist/$name-man-$version.tar.bz2)
+release=2
+source=(http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/$name-$version.tar.bz2
+        http://crux.nu/~jue/files/dist/$name-man-$version.tar.bz2
+        $name-$version-open_max.patch)
 
 build() {
-	cd $name-$version
-	sed -i "/^CCOPT=/s|-O2|$CFLAGS|;s| -g$||" Makefile
-	make
+    cd $name-$version
+    patch -p1 -i $SRC/$name-$version-open_max.patch
+    sed -i "/^CCOPT=/s|-O2|$CFLAGS|;s| -g$||" Makefile
+    make
 
-	install -d $PKG/{{s,}bin,usr/{man/man8,sbin}}
-	install ping{,6} $PKG/bin/
-	install arping $PKG/sbin/
-	install tracepath{,6} traceroute6 clockdiff rarpd rdisc ipg tftpd $PKG/usr/sbin/
-	cp -d $SRC/$name-man-$version/* $PKG/usr/man/man8
-	chmod u+s $PKG/bin/ping{,6} $PKG/usr/sbin/traceroute6
+    install -d $PKG/{{s,}bin,usr/{man/man8,sbin}}
+    install ping{,6} $PKG/bin/
+    install arping $PKG/sbin/
+    install tracepath{,6} traceroute6 clockdiff rarpd rdisc ipg tftpd $PKG/usr/sbin/
+    cp -d $SRC/$name-man-$version/* $PKG/usr/man/man8
+    chmod u+s $PKG/bin/ping{,6} $PKG/usr/sbin/traceroute6
 }
diff --git a/iputils/iputils-s20071127-open_max.patch b/iputils/iputils-s20071127-open_max.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28e953db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iputils/iputils-s20071127-open_max.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-commits/2007-August/msg01642.html
+
+diff -Nru iputils-s20071127.orig/rdisc.c iputils-s20071127/rdisc.c
+--- iputils-s20071127.orig/rdisc.c	2008-09-17 19:45:30.000000000 +0200
++++ iputils-s20071127/rdisc.c	2008-09-17 19:52:03.000000000 +0200
+@@ -240,14 +240,25 @@
+ {
+ 	int t;
+ 	pid_t pid;
++	long open_max;
+ 
+ 	if (trace)
+ 		return;
+ 
++	if ((open_max = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)) == -1) {
++		if (errno == 0) {
++			(void) fprintf(stderr, "OPEN_MAX is not supported\n");
++		}
++		else {
++			(void) fprintf(stderr, "sysconf() error\n");
++		}
++		exit(1);
++	}
++
+ 	if ((pid=fork()) != 0)
+ 		exit(0);
+ 
+-	for (t = 0; t < OPEN_MAX; t++)
++	for (t = 0; t < open_max; t++)
+ 		if (t != s)
+ 			close(t);
+