diff --git a/SOURCES/xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-exit-test.patch b/SOURCES/xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-exit-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..352aa2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-exit-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+commit 1e60f2c0a0ee6c18b02943ce56214799a70aac26 (HEAD, origin/master, origin/HEAD, master)
+Author:     Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
+AuthorDate: Wed Jun 11 21:03:25 2014 +0300
+Commit:     Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
+CommitDate: Wed Jun 11 21:03:25 2014 +0300
+
+    xzgrep: Add a test for the previous fix.
+    
+    This is a simplified version of Pavel Raiskup's
+    original patch.
+
+diff --git a/tests/test_scripts.sh b/tests/test_scripts.sh
+index 293929e..7ac1fea 100755
+--- a/tests/test_scripts.sh
++++ b/tests/test_scripts.sh
+@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@
+ # If scripts weren't built, this test is skipped.
+ XZ=../src/xz/xz
+ XZDIFF=../src/scripts/xzdiff
+-test -x "$XZ" || XZ=
+-test -x "$XZDIFF" || XZDIFF=
+-if test -z "$XZ" || test -z "$XZDIFF"; then
++XZGREP=../src/scripts/xzgrep
++
++for i in XZ XZDIFF XZGREP; do
++	eval test -x "\$$i" && continue
+ 	(exit 77)
+ 	exit 77
+-fi
++done
+ 
+ PATH=`pwd`/../src/xz:$PATH
+ export PATH
+ 
++test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+ preimage=$srcdir/files/good-1-check-crc32.xz
+ samepostimage=$srcdir/files/good-1-check-crc64.xz
+ otherpostimage=$srcdir/files/good-1-lzma2-1.xz
+@@ -50,5 +52,21 @@ if test "$status" != 2 ; then
+ 	exit 1
+ fi
+ 
++# The exit status must be 0 when a match was found at least from one file,
++# and 1 when no match was found in any file.
++for pattern in el Hello NOMATCH; do
++	for opts in "" "-l" "-h" "-H"; do
++		"$XZGREP" $opts $pattern \
++			"$srcdir/files/good-1-lzma2-1.xz" \
++			"$srcdir/files/good-2-lzma2.xz" > /dev/null 2>&1
++		status=$?
++		test $status = 0 && test $pattern != NOMATCH && continue
++		test $status = 1 && test $pattern = NOMATCH && continue
++		echo "wrong exit status from xzgrep"
++		(exit 1)
++		exit 1
++	done
++done
++
+ (exit 0)
+ exit 0
diff --git a/SOURCES/xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-exit.patch b/SOURCES/xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-exit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a64b464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-exit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+commit ceca37901783988204caaf40dff4623d535cc789
+Author:     Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
+AuthorDate: Wed Jun 11 20:43:28 2014 +0300
+Commit:     Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
+CommitDate: Wed Jun 11 20:43:28 2014 +0300
+
+    xzgrep: exit 0 when at least one file matches.
+    
+    Mimic the original grep behavior and return exit_success when
+    at least one xz compressed file matches given pattern.
+    
+    Original bugreport:
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108085
+    
+    Thanks to Pavel Raiskup for the patch.
+
+diff --git a/src/scripts/xzgrep.in b/src/scripts/xzgrep.in
+index 951266b..018915f 100644
+--- a/src/scripts/xzgrep.in
++++ b/src/scripts/xzgrep.in
+@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ if test $# -eq 0; then
+ fi
+ 
+ exec 3>&1
+-res=0
++
++# res=1 means that no file matched yet
++res=1
+ 
+ for i; do
+   case $i in
+@@ -195,8 +197,17 @@ for i; do
+     fi >&3 5>&-
+   )
+   r=$?
++
++  # fail occured previously, nothing worse can happen
++  test $res -gt 1 && continue
++
+   test "$xz_status" -eq 0 || test "$xz_status" -eq 2 \
+       || test "$(kill -l "$xz_status" 2> /dev/null)" = "PIPE" || r=2
+-  test $res -lt $r && res=$r
++
++  # still no match
++  test $r -eq 1 && continue
++
++  # 0 == match, >=2 == fail
++  res=$r
+ done
+ exit $res
diff --git a/SPECS/xz.spec b/SPECS/xz.spec
index f4cb1b7..13413fd 100644
--- a/SPECS/xz.spec
+++ b/SPECS/xz.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary:	LZMA compression utilities
 Name:		xz
 Version:	5.1.2
-Release:	9alpha%{?dist}
+Release:	12alpha%{?dist}
 License:	LGPLv2+
 Group:		Applications/File
 # official upstream release
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ Patch1:		xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-and-h-option.patch
 # ~> #1082639, #1015924
 Patch2:		xz-5.1.2alpha-less-version-check.patch
 
+# fix for bad xzgrep exit value when not _all_ files match
+# ~> upstream (ceca37901783)
+# ~> #1109123
+Patch3:		xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-exit.patch
+Patch4:		xz-5.1.2alpha-xzgrep-exit-test.patch
+
 %description
 XZ Utils are an attempt to make LZMA compression easy to use on free (as in
 freedom) operating systems. This is achieved by providing tools and libraries
@@ -84,6 +90,8 @@ commands that deal with the older LZMA format.
 %patch0  -p1 -b .man-page-day
 %patch1  -p1 -b .xzgrep-and-h-option
 %patch2  -p1 -b .less-version-check
+%patch3  -p1 -b .xzgrep-exit-status
+%patch4  -p1 -b .xzgrep-exit-status-test
 
 for i in `find . -name config.sub`; do
   perl -pi -e "s/ppc64-\*/ppc64-\* \| ppc64p7-\*/" $i
@@ -161,6 +169,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man1/*lz*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 08 2015 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 5.1.2-12alpha
+- xzgrep: return 0 when at least one file matches (rhbz#1109123)
+
 * Tue Jun 17 2014 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 5.1.2-9alpha
 - better check the version of less binary (#1082639)