diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-Fix-cr_compress_file_with_stat-Memory-leak.patch b/SOURCES/0001-Fix-cr_compress_file_with_stat-Memory-leak.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..126a489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-Fix-cr_compress_file_with_stat-Memory-leak.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 1ec1e767e4a48bc2c1d09b52da9e749352f8d925 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jaroslav Rohel <jrohel@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 19:09:19 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix: cr_compress_file_with_stat: Memory leak
+
+---
+ src/misc.c | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
+index e5350ac..59c04e6 100644
+--- a/src/misc.c
++++ b/src/misc.c
+@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ cr_compress_file_with_stat(const char *src,
+     if (!orig) {
+         ret = tmp_err->code;
+         g_propagate_prefixed_error(err, tmp_err, "Cannot open %s: ", src);
++        if (dst != in_dst)
++            g_free(dst);
+         return ret;
+     }
+ 
+--
+libgit2 1.0.1
+
diff --git a/SPECS/createrepo_c.spec b/SPECS/createrepo_c.spec
index 0d1c3c0..32f4add 100644
--- a/SPECS/createrepo_c.spec
+++ b/SPECS/createrepo_c.spec
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
 Summary:        Creates a common metadata repository
 Name:           createrepo_c
 Version:        0.17.2
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/rpm-software-management/createrepo_c
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         0001-Fix-cr_compress_file_with_stat-Memory-leak.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ ln -sr %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/modifyrepo_c %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/modifyrepo
 %{python3_sitearch}/%{name}-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 27 2021 Pavla Kratochvilova <pkratoch@redhat.com> - 0.17.2-2
+- Fix: cr_compress_file_with_stat: Memory leak
+
 * Wed Apr 28 2021 Pavla Kratochvilova <pkratoch@redhat.com> - 0.17.2-1
 - Update to 0.17.2
 - Fix Python deprecation (PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN) (RhBug:1891785)