diff --git a/rpm-4.8.1-eat-stdin.patch b/rpm-4.8.1-eat-stdin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83af219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-4.8.1-eat-stdin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 53045d5dcdce3988e2586cb315b35e6a675a8152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:57:17 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix potential getOutputFrom() error on font provide extraction (RhBug:609117)
+ - if fonts are detected in the package being built but fc-query isn't
+   present, the script exited without consuming stdin which can break
+   getOutputFrom()
+
+---
+ scripts/fontconfig.prov |    5 ++++-
+ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/scripts/fontconfig.prov b/scripts/fontconfig.prov
+index 8638680..594851d 100755
+--- a/scripts/fontconfig.prov
++++ b/scripts/fontconfig.prov
+@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
+ 
+ fcquery=/usr/bin/fc-query
+ 
+-[ -x $fcquery ] || exit 0
++if [ -x $fcquery ]; then
++    cat > /dev/null
++    exit 0
++fi
+ 
+ # filter out anything outside main fontconfig path
+ grep /usr/share/fonts/ |
+-- 
+1.7.0.1
+
diff --git a/rpm-4.8.1-getoutput-emsg.patch b/rpm-4.8.1-getoutput-emsg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4586155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-4.8.1-getoutput-emsg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 5711982e27c70bea4017632255a94630ea10d1ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:27:56 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Make the infamous getOutputFrom() error message more useful
+ - ...like actually saying what was the failing script, doh
+ - leaving the function name there for a googling hint
+
+---
+ build/rpmfc.c |    3 ++-
+ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/build/rpmfc.c b/build/rpmfc.c
+index e76363a..3c915f5 100644
+--- a/build/rpmfc.c
++++ b/build/rpmfc.c
+@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ top:
+ 	    if ((nbw = write(toProg[1], writePtr,
+ 		    (1024<writeBytesLeft) ? 1024 : writeBytesLeft)) < 0) {
+ 	        if (errno != EAGAIN) {
+-		    perror("getOutputFrom()");
++		    rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR, _("%s: failure writing to %s: %m\n"),
++			   __func__, argv[0]);
+ 	            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ 		}
+ 	        nbw = 0;
+-- 
+1.7.0.1
+
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 176eaf2..b666603 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Summary: The RPM package management system
 Name: rpm
 Version: %{rpmver}
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Url: http://www.rpm.org/
 Source0: http://rpm.org/releases/rpm-4.8.x/%{name}-%{srcver}.tar.bz2
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Patch5: rpm-4.8.0-no-man-dirs.patch
 Patch200: rpm-4.8.0-pythondeps-parallel.patch
 Patch201: rpm-4.8.0-python-bytecompile.patch
 Patch202: rpm-4.8.0-findlang-localedirs.patch
+Patch203: rpm-4.8.1-eat-stdin.patch
+Patch204: rpm-4.8.1-getoutput-emsg.patch
 
 # These are not yet upstream
 Patch301: rpm-4.6.0-niagara.patch
@@ -194,6 +196,8 @@ packages on a system.
 %patch200 -p1 -b .pythondeps-parallel
 %patch201 -p1 -b .python-bytecompile
 %patch202 -p1 -b .findlang-localedirs
+%patch203 -p1 -b .eat-stdin
+%patch204 -p1 -b .getoutput-emsg
 
 %patch301 -p1 -b .niagara
 %patch302 -p1 -b .geode
@@ -410,6 +414,10 @@ exit 0
 %doc doc/librpm/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 30 2010 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> - 4.8.1-2
+- fix a potential getOutputFrom() error from font provide extraction
+- debug-friendlier message to aid finding other similar cases (#565223)
+
 * Fri Jun 11 2010 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> - 4.8.1-1
 - update to 4.8.1 (http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.8.1)
 - drop no longer needed patches