diff --git a/s390-tools-zipl-gcc9.patch b/s390-tools-zipl-gcc9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb96509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s390-tools-zipl-gcc9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From f06d42bc92eae8a463e140612e096fb915dfbc3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Dan=20Hor=C3=A1k?= <dan@danny.cz>
+Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 10:09:39 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] zipl: copy new section introduced by GCC 9
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+GCC 9 is using a new section called .rodata.cst8 for some literals and it must be included
+when copying the bootloaders to the bin images.
+
+Signed-off-by: Dan Horák <dan@danny.cz>
+---
+ zipl/boot/Makefile | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/zipl/boot/Makefile b/zipl/boot/Makefile
+index 52b3a23..7a3571e 100644
+--- a/zipl/boot/Makefile
++++ b/zipl/boot/Makefile
+@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ stage3.exec: head.o stage3.o kdump3.o libc.o sclp.o sclp_stage3.o \
+ 		--only-section=.ex_table \
+ 		--only-section=.data \
+ 		--only-section=.rodata.str1.2 \
++		--only-section=.rodata.cst8 \
+ 		--only-section=.rodata \
+ 		--only-section=.stage2dump.tail \
+ 		--only-section=.eckd2dump_mv.tail \
+-- 
+2.17.2
+
diff --git a/s390utils.spec b/s390utils.spec
index c79f5fc..34d376b 100644
--- a/s390utils.spec
+++ b/s390utils.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Name:           s390utils
 Summary:        Utilities and daemons for IBM z Systems
 Version:        2.8.0
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Epoch:          2
 License:        MIT
 ExclusiveArch:  s390 s390x
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Source24:       91-zipl.install
 # change the defaults to match Fedora environment
 Patch0:         s390-tools-zipl-invert-script-options.patch
 Patch1:         s390-tools-zipl-blscfg-rpm-nvr-sort.patch
+# https://github.com/ibm-s390-tools/s390-tools/pull/60
+Patch2:         s390-tools-zipl-gcc9.patch
 
 Requires:       s390utils-base = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       s390utils-osasnmpd = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ be used together with the zSeries (s390) Linux kernel and device drivers.
 # Fedora/RHEL changes
 %patch0 -p1 -b .zipl-invert-script-options
 %patch1 -p1 -b .blscfg-rpm-nvr-sort
+%patch2 -p1 -b .gcc9
 
 
 # remove --strip from install
@@ -742,6 +745,9 @@ User-space development files for the s390/s390x architecture.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 09 2019 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> - 2:2.8.0-2
+- fix building zipl with gcc9 (#1687085)
+
 * Mon Feb 18 2019 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> - 2:2.8.0-1
 - rebased to 2.8.0