diff --git a/SOURCES/bz1277538-increase-socket-field-len.patch b/SOURCES/bz1277538-increase-socket-field-len.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87a03ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/bz1277538-increase-socket-field-len.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+commit 0766a3ca5473a9e126e91022075b4b3798b8d5bc
+Author: Arkadiusz Bubala <arkadiusz.bubala@open-e.com>
+Date:   Thu Aug 6 08:56:59 2015 +0200
+
+    Increase the length of description field.
+    
+    Make description field larger to satisfy all possible pids and file
+    descriptor values.
+
+diff --git a/lib/ipc_int.h b/lib/ipc_int.h
+index a428721..500315e 100644
+--- a/lib/ipc_int.h
++++ b/lib/ipc_int.h
+@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ enum qb_ipcs_connection_state {
+ 	QB_IPCS_CONNECTION_SHUTTING_DOWN,
+ };
+ 
+-#define CONNECTION_DESCRIPTION (16)
++#define CONNECTION_DESCRIPTION (34) /* INT_MAX length + 3 */
+ 
+ struct qb_ipcs_connection_auth {
+ 	uid_t uid;
diff --git a/SPECS/libqb.spec b/SPECS/libqb.spec
index dc46b25..03913b4 100644
--- a/SPECS/libqb.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libqb.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           libqb
 Version:        0.17.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}.1
 Summary:        An IPC library for high performance servers
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Patch2:		bz1211375-ipc-test-update1.patch
 Patch3:		bz1211375-ipc-test-update2.patch
 Patch4:		bz1211375-ipc-test-update3.patch
 Patch5:		bz1211375-libqb-poll-fix.patch
+Patch6:		bz1277538-increase-socket-field-len.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ Initially these are IPC and poll.
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
+%patch6 -p1
 
 # work-around for broken epoll in rawhide/f17
 %build
@@ -80,6 +82,11 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %changelog
 
+* Tue Nov  3 2015 Christine Caulfield <ccaulfie@redhat.com> - 0.17.1-2.1
+  Increase size of the buffer where we make the socket name to allow for 
+  longer PIDs
+  Resolves: rhbz#1277538
+
 * Thu Apr 16 2015 David Vossel <dvossel@redhat.com> - 0.17.1-2
   Fixes assert encountered in libqb's mainloop implementation.