diff --git a/SOURCES/rhel8.0.conf b/SOURCES/rhel8.0.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c01f532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/rhel8.0.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This is a sample mkfs.xfs config file that creates rhel-8 compatible
+# XFS filesystem on rhel-9
+# Usage:
+#	mkfs.xfs -c options=rhel8.0.conf device
+#
+[metadata]
+inobtcount=0
+bigtime=0
+
diff --git a/SOURCES/xfsprogs-5.12.0-example-conf.patch b/SOURCES/xfsprogs-5.12.0-example-conf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca06875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/xfsprogs-5.12.0-example-conf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- xfsprogs-5.12.0/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8.backup	2021-12-01 20:48:09.241170607 +0100
++++ xfsprogs-5.12.0/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8	2021-12-03 15:34:32.382616819 +0100
+@@ -1091,6 +1091,12 @@
+ .HP
+ .PD
+ .PP
++.SH Example Of Backward Compatible Configuration Files
++An example of a configuration file that facilitates creation of Red Hat
++Enterprise Linux 8 compatible XFS filesystems while running on Red Hat
++Enterprise Linux 9 can be found at:
++/usr/share/xfsprogs/mkfs/rhel8.0.conf
++.PP
+ .SH SEE ALSO
+ .BR xfs (5),
+ .BR mkfs (8),
diff --git a/SPECS/xfsprogs.spec b/SPECS/xfsprogs.spec
index b6ea8b2..a3e900a 100644
--- a/SPECS/xfsprogs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/xfsprogs.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Summary:	Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
 Name:		xfsprogs
 Version:	5.12.0
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	5%{?dist}
 License:	GPL+ and LGPLv2+
 URL:		https://xfs.wiki.kernel.org
 Source0:	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/xfs/xfsprogs/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/xfs/xfsprogs/%{name}-%{version}.tar.sign
 Source2:	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/pgpkeys.git/plain/keys/20AE1692E13DDEE0.asc
+Source3:	rhel8.0.conf
 Requires:	util-linux
 BuildRequires:	make
 BuildRequires:	gcc
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ Conflicts:	xfsdump < 3.0.1
 Suggests:	xfsprogs-xfs_scrub
 
 Patch0:		xfsprogs-5.12.0-default-bigtime-inobtcnt-on.patch
+Patch1:		xfsprogs-5.12.0-example-conf.patch
 
 %description
 A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs.
@@ -81,6 +83,11 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/{%{_lib}/*.{la,a,so},%{_libdir}/*.{la,a}}
 # remove non-versioned docs location
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/doc/xfsprogs/
 
+# add backward compatible configure file for mkfs
+%global mkfsdir %{_datadir}/xfsprogs/mkfs
+install -m 0755 -d %{buildroot}%{mkfsdir}
+install -m 0644 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{mkfsdir}
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/doc/xfsprogs/
 %{_mandir}/man8/*
 %{_sbindir}/*
 %{_unitdir}/*
+%{mkfsdir}
 %exclude %{_sbindir}/xfs_scrub*
 %exclude %{_mandir}/man8/xfs_scrub*
 %exclude %{_usr}/%{_lib}/xfsprogs/xfs_scrub*
@@ -127,6 +135,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/doc/xfsprogs/
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 01 2021 Pavel Reichl <preichl@redhat.com> - 5.12.0-5
+- Add an example of backward compatible conf. file for mkfs
+  Related: rhbz#2026002
+
 * Tue Aug 10 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 5.12.0-4
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688