diff --git a/tcp_wrappers-7.6-196326.patch b/tcp_wrappers-7.6-196326.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..728226e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tcp_wrappers-7.6-196326.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- tcp_wrappers_7.6/hosts_access.c.196326	2007-06-28 13:44:10.000000000 +0200
++++ tcp_wrappers_7.6/hosts_access.c	2007-06-28 15:33:45.000000000 +0200
+@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@
+ 	return (STR_NE(string, unknown));
+     } else if (tok[(n = strlen(tok)) - 1] == '.') {	/* prefix */
+ 	return (STRN_EQ(tok, string, n));
++    } else if ((STR_EQ(tok, "localhost") || STR_EQ(tok, "localhost.localdomain"))
++	    && (STR_EQ(string, "localhost") || STR_EQ(string, "localhost.localdomain"))) {
++	return (YES); /* these localhosts are equivalent */
+     } else {					/* exact match */
+ #ifdef INET6
+ 	struct addrinfo hints, *res;
diff --git a/tcp_wrappers.spec b/tcp_wrappers.spec
index 8a0b224..71fcba9 100644
--- a/tcp_wrappers.spec
+++ b/tcp_wrappers.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Patch17: tcp_wrappers-7.6-220015.patch
 Patch18: tcp_wrappers-7.6-restore_sigalarm.patch
 Patch19: tcp_wrappers-7.6-siglongjmp.patch
 Patch20: tcp_wrappers-7.6-sigchld.patch
+Patch21: tcp_wrappers-7.6-196326.patch
 # required by sin_scope_id in ipv6 patch
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel >= 2.2		
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ develop applications with tcp_wrappers support.
 %patch18 -p1 -b .restore_sigalarm
 %patch19 -p1 -b .siglongjmp
 %patch20 -p1 -b .sigchld
+%patch21 -p1 -b .196326
 
 %build
 make RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fPIC -DPIC -D_REENTRANT -DHAVE_STRERROR" LDFLAGS="-pie" MAJOR=%{LIB_MAJOR} MINOR=%{LIB_MINOR} REL=%{LIB_REL} linux
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 * Thu Jun 28 2007 Tomas Janousek <tjanouse@redhat.com> - 7.6-48
 - dropped the hostname resolving patch
 - resolve the address given to hosts_ctl to hostname, if hostname not given
+- compare localhost and localhost.localdomain as the same
 
 * Wed Jun 06 2007 Tomas Janousek <tjanouse@redhat.com> - 7.6-47
 - fix the hostname resolving patch for x86_64