diff --git a/SOURCES/initscripts-9.49.53-Allow-updating-mlocate.db.patch b/SOURCES/initscripts-9.49.53-Allow-updating-mlocate.db.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..281105f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/initscripts-9.49.53-Allow-updating-mlocate.db.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 280ad90593581b3fcbda9595a4c3d37f37a7c761 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Macku <jamacku@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:19:29 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Allow updating mlocate.db while in readonly root mode
+
+Fixes issue when updatedb does not have the ability to update the mlocate.db
+
+Resolves: #1880095
+
+(cherry picked from commit c59a7612bac9b9d0c2b55eb9a251bb43690220b0)
+---
+ rwtab | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/rwtab b/rwtab
+index 2254aaca..609085c1 100644
+--- a/rwtab
++++ b/rwtab
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dirs	/var/lib/xkb
+ dirs	/var/log
+ dirs	/var/lib/puppet
+ dirs	/var/lib/dbus
++dirs	/var/lib/mlocate
+ 
+ empty	/tmp
+ empty	/var/cache/foomatic
+-- 
+2.25.4
+
diff --git a/SPECS/initscripts.spec b/SPECS/initscripts.spec
index 1d336f4..8724f90 100644
--- a/SPECS/initscripts.spec
+++ b/SPECS/initscripts.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Version: 9.49.53
 # ppp-watch is GPLv2+, everything else is GPLv2
 License: GPLv2 and GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}.1
 URL: https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts
 Source: https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Requires(preun): /sbin/chkconfig
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel popt-devel gettext pkgconfig systemd
 Provides: /sbin/service
 
+Patch001:   initscripts-9.49.53-Allow-updating-mlocate.db.patch
+
 %description
 The initscripts package contains basic system scripts used
 during a boot of the system. It also contains scripts which
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ Currently, this consists of various memory checking code.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch001 -p1
 
 %build
 make
@@ -221,6 +224,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /etc/profile.d/debug*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 13 2020 Jan Macku <jamacku@redhat.com> - 9.49.53-1.el7_9.1
+- rwtab: Allow updating mlocate.db (bug #1880095)
+
 * Fri May 22 2020 Jan Macku <jamacku@redhat.com> - 9.49.53-1
 - rwtab: Add support for chrony (bug #1838260)