diff --git a/glibc.spec b/glibc.spec
index 5755160..0b7de13 100644
--- a/glibc.spec
+++ b/glibc.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU libc libraries
 Name: glibc
 Version: %{glibcversion}
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 # GPLv2+ is used in a bunch of programs, LGPLv2+ is used for libraries.
 # Things that are linked directly into dynamically linked programs
 # and shared libraries (e.g. crt files, lib*_nonshared.a) have an additional
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Source0: %{?glibc_release_url}%{glibcsrcdir}.tar.bz2
 Source1: %{glibcsrcdir}-fedora.tar.bz2
 Patch0: %{name}-fedora.patch
 Patch1: %{name}-ia64-lib64.patch
+Patch2: sparc-shared-mapping.patch
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Obsoletes: glibc-profile < 2.4
 Provides: ldconfig
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ package or when debugging this package.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{glibcsrcdir} -b1
 %patch0 -E -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 %ifarch ia64
 %if "%{_lib}" == "lib64"
 %patch1 -p1
@@ -1038,6 +1040,9 @@ rm -f *.filelist*
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 10 2010 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 2.11.1-2
+- add sparc locale patch commited upstream to the fedora branch
+
 * Mon Dec 14 2009 Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> - 2.11.1-1
 - Update to 2.11.1 release.
   - Locale updates.
diff --git a/sparc-shared-mapping.patch b/sparc-shared-mapping.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ccd92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sparc-shared-mapping.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 6a147cc6e402e7167fa1213c31dc42a6fa38f52b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
+Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:58:31 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Use shared mapping to reserve memory when creating locale archive
+
+---
+ ChangeLog                    |    7 +++++++
+ locale/programs/locarchive.c |    6 +++---
+ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
+index c5ba42c..bbd6076 100644
+--- a/ChangeLog
++++ b/ChangeLog
+@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
++2009-10-27  Aurelien Jarno  <aurelien@aurel32.net>
++
++	[BZ #10855]
++	* locale/programs/locarchive.c: use MMAP_SHARED to reserve memory
++	used later with MMAP_FIXED | MMAP_SHARED to cope with different
++	alignment restrictions.
++
+ 2010-02-08  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@redhat.com>
+ 
+ 	[BZ #11155]
+diff --git a/locale/programs/locarchive.c b/locale/programs/locarchive.c
+index a585058..4335369 100644
+--- a/locale/programs/locarchive.c
++++ b/locale/programs/locarchive.c
+@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ create_archive (const char *archivefname, struct locarhandle *ah)
+   size_t reserved = RESERVE_MMAP_SIZE;
+   int xflags = 0;
+   if (total < reserved
+-      && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON,
++      && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON,
+ 		       -1, 0)) != MAP_FAILED))
+     xflags = MAP_FIXED;
+   else
+@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ enlarge_archive (struct locarhandle *ah, const struct locarhead *head)
+   size_t reserved = RESERVE_MMAP_SIZE;
+   int xflags = 0;
+   if (total < reserved
+-      && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON,
++      && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON,
+ 		       -1, 0)) != MAP_FAILED))
+     xflags = MAP_FIXED;
+   else
+@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ open_archive (struct locarhandle *ah, bool readonly)
+   int xflags = 0;
+   void *p;
+   if (st.st_size < reserved
+-      && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON,
++      && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON,
+ 		       -1, 0)) != MAP_FAILED))
+     xflags = MAP_FIXED;
+   else
+-- 
+1.6.4
+