diff --git a/util-linux-2.13-cramfs-maxentries.patch b/util-linux-2.13-cramfs-maxentries.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07b8822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util-linux-2.13-cramfs-maxentries.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+--- util-linux-2.13-pre5/disk-utils/mkfs.cramfs.c.maxentries	2005-10-20 23:46:19.000000000 +0200
++++ util-linux-2.13-pre5/disk-utils/mkfs.cramfs.c	2005-10-20 23:54:07.000000000 +0200
+@@ -471,11 +471,13 @@
+  * entries, using a stack to remember the directories
+  * we've seen.
+  */
+-#define MAXENTRIES (100)
+ static unsigned int write_directory_structure(struct entry *entry, char *base, unsigned int offset)
+ {
+ 	int stack_entries = 0;
+-	struct entry *entry_stack[MAXENTRIES];
++	int stack_size = 64;
++	struct entry **entry_stack;
++
++	entry_stack = xmalloc(stack_size * sizeof(struct entry *));
+ 
+ 	for (;;) {
+ 		int dir_start = stack_entries;
+@@ -508,13 +510,13 @@
+ 			if (verbose)
+ 				printf("  %s\n", entry->name);
+ 			if (entry->child) {
+-				if (stack_entries >= MAXENTRIES) {
+-					fprintf(stderr,
+-						_("Exceeded MAXENTRIES.  Raise"
+-						  " this value in mkcramfs.c "
+-						  "and recompile.  Exiting.\n")
+-						);
+-					exit(8);
++				if (stack_entries >= stack_size) {
++					stack_size *= 2;
++					entry_stack = realloc(entry_stack, stack_size * sizeof(struct entry *));
++					if (!entry_stack) {
++						perror(NULL);
++						exit(8);        /* out of memory */
++					}
+ 				}
+ 				entry_stack[stack_entries] = entry;
+ 				stack_entries++;
+@@ -551,6 +553,7 @@
+ 			printf("'%s':\n", entry->name);
+ 		entry = entry->child;
+ 	}
++	free(entry_stack);
+ 	return offset;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/util-linux.spec b/util-linux.spec
index 300bc80..fabfd00 100644
--- a/util-linux.spec
+++ b/util-linux.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
 Summary: A collection of basic system utilities.
 Name: util-linux
 Version: 2.13
-Release: 0.6.pre5
+Release: 0.7.pre5
 License: distributable
 Group: System Environment/Base
 
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ Patch214: util-linux-2.13-losetup-all.patch
 Patch215: util-linux-2.13-audit-login.patch
 # 170171 - ipcs -lm always report "max total shared memory (kbytes) = 0"
 Patch216: util-linux-2.13-ipcs-shmax.patch
+# 171337 - mkfs.cramfs dies creating installer image
+Patch217: util-linux-2.13-cramfs-maxentries.patch
 
 # When adding patches, please make sure that it is easy to find out what bug # the 
 # patch fixes.
@@ -221,8 +223,10 @@ cp %{SOURCE8} %{SOURCE9} .
 %patch212 -p1
 %patch213 -p1
 %patch214 -p1
+# audit
 %patch215 -p1
 %patch216 -p1
+%patch217 -p1
 
 %build
 unset LINGUAS || :
@@ -606,6 +610,9 @@ fi
 /sbin/losetup
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 20 2005 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> 2.13-0.7.pre5
+- fix #171337 - mkfs.cramfs dies creating installer image
+
 * Thu Oct 20 2005 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> 2.13-0.6.pre5
 - update to upstream 2.13pre5
 - remove separated cramfs1.1 (already in upstream package)