diff --git a/0001-Fix-Files.size-failing-when-symlink-target-is-non-ex.patch b/0001-Fix-Files.size-failing-when-symlink-target-is-non-ex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..336e7b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Fix-Files.size-failing-when-symlink-target-is-non-ex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 610065347bbbc8fea366de32e558de4977807e52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mat Booth <mat.booth@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:45:13 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix Files.size failing when symlink target is non-existant
+
+---
+ src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/PathUtils.java | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/PathUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/PathUtils.java
+index d370ef0b..b38a46a0 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/PathUtils.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/file/PathUtils.java
+@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public static PathCounters deleteFile(final Path file, final DeleteOption... opt
+         }
+         final PathCounters pathCounts = Counters.longPathCounters();
+         final boolean exists = Files.exists(file, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
+-        final long size = exists ? Files.size(file) : 0;
++        final long size = exists && Files.exists(file) ? Files.size(file) : 0;
+         if (overrideReadOnly(options) && exists) {
+             setReadOnly(file, false, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
+         }
+-- 
+2.28.0
+
diff --git a/apache-commons-io.spec b/apache-commons-io.spec
index 81e4f24..390bebc 100644
--- a/apache-commons-io.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-io.spec
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
 Name:           apache-commons-io
 Epoch:          1
 Version:        2.8.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Utilities to assist with developing IO functionality
 License:        ASL 2.0
 
 URL:            https://commons.apache.org/io
 Source0:        https://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/io/source/%{srcname}-%{version}-src.tar.gz
 
+Patch0: 0001-Fix-Files.size-failing-when-symlink-target-is-non-ex.patch
+
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  maven-local
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ API documentation for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{srcname}-%{version}-src
+%patch0 -p1
 sed -i 's/\r//' *.txt
 
 %if %{with tests}
@@ -79,6 +82,9 @@ rm src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/output/XmlStreamWriterTest.java
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb  3 2021 Mat Booth <mat.booth@redhat.com> - 1:2.8.0-3
+- Add patch to fix Files.size() failing when symlink target is non-existant
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:2.8.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild