diff --git a/CPAN-2.14-Prevent-trying-Net-FTP-when-an-ftp_proxy-variable-is.patch b/CPAN-2.14-Prevent-trying-Net-FTP-when-an-ftp_proxy-variable-is.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96267cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CPAN-2.14-Prevent-trying-Net-FTP-when-an-ftp_proxy-variable-is.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From e8fd8b3f0fbd20e82ae04035178ce84fcf7cd0f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andreas Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
+Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 03:04:25 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Prevent trying Net::FTP when an ftp_proxy variable is set to
+ an http proxy
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+- reported in https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=110833
+
+Signed-off-by: Petr Písař <ppisar@redhat.com>
+---
+ lib/CPAN.pm | 10 ++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/CPAN.pm b/lib/CPAN.pm
+index ab2d00f..6e460a8 100644
+--- a/lib/CPAN.pm
++++ b/lib/CPAN.pm
+@@ -1064,6 +1064,16 @@ sub has_usable {
+                        },
+                       ],
+                'Net::FTP' => [
++                            sub {
++                                my $var = $CPAN::Config->{ftp_proxy} || $ENV{ftp_proxy};
++                                if ($var and $var =~ /^http:/) {
++                                    # rt #110833
++                                    for ("Net::FTP cannot handle http proxy") {
++                                        $CPAN::Frontend->mywarn($_);
++                                        die $_;
++                                    }
++                                }
++                            },
+                             sub {require Net::FTP},
+                             sub {require Net::Config},
+                            ],
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/perl-CPAN.spec b/perl-CPAN.spec
index ef68069..8fcfe00 100644
--- a/perl-CPAN.spec
+++ b/perl-CPAN.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Patch1:         CPAN-2.14-Replace-configuration-directory-string-with-a-marke.pa
 Patch2:         CPAN-2.14-Emergency-fix-for-bug-https-rt.cpan.org-Ticket-Displ.patch
 # Fix "cpan -O" invocation, CPAN RT#115786, fixed after 2.14
 Patch3:         CPAN-2.14-Emergency-fix-for-cpan-o.patch
+# Do not use Net::FTP if ftp_proxy variable points to an HTTP server,
+# CPAN RT#110833, fixed after 2.14
+Patch4:         CPAN-2.14-Prevent-trying-Net-FTP-when-an-ftp_proxy-variable-is.patch
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  coreutils
 BuildRequires:  findutils
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@ external download clients to fetch distributions from the net.
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
 # Change configuration name
 find -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/XCPANCONFIGNAMEX/cpan/g' {} \;
 # Remove bundled modules
@@ -223,6 +227,8 @@ make test
 - 2.14 bump
 - Fix installation from a working directory (CPAN RT#115734)
 - Fix "cpan -O" invocation (CPAN RT#115786)
+- Do not use Net::FTP if ftp_proxy variable points to an HTTP server
+  (CPAN RT#110833)
 
 * Wed May 18 2016 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 2.11-366
 - Perl 5.24 re-rebuild of bootstrapped packages