diff --git a/bash-5.2-file-detection.patch b/bash-5.2-file-detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4124d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash-5.2-file-detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/general.c b/general.c
+--- a/general.c
++++ b/general.c
+@@ -683,21 +683,20 @@ check_binary_file (sample, sample_len)
+      int sample_len;
+ {
+   register int i;
++  int nline;
+   unsigned char c;
+ 
+   if (sample_len >= 4 && sample[0] == 0x7f && sample[1] == 'E' && sample[2] == 'L' && sample[3] == 'F')
+     return 1;
+ 
+   /* Generally we check the first line for NULs. If the first line looks like
+-     a `#!' interpreter specifier, we just look for NULs anywhere in the
+-     buffer. */
+-  if (sample[0] == '#' && sample[1] == '!')
+-    return (memchr (sample, '\0', sample_len) != NULL);
++     a `#!' interpreter specifier, we look for NULs in the first two lines. */
++  nline = (sample[0] == '#' && sample[1] == '!') ? 2 : 1;
+ 
+   for (i = 0; i < sample_len; i++)
+     {
+       c = sample[i];
+-      if (c == '\n')
++      if (c == '\n' && --nline == 0)
+ 	return (0);
+       if (c == '\0')
+ 	return (1);
diff --git a/bash.spec b/bash.spec
index 7cc4a1e..3227441 100644
--- a/bash.spec
+++ b/bash.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Version: %{baseversion}.%{patchlevel}
 Name: bash
 Summary: The GNU Bourne Again shell
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Url: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash
 Source0: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-%{baseversion}.tar.gz
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Patch127: bash-4.4-no-loadable-builtins.patch
 # This option is undocumented in upstream and is documented by this patch
 Patch128: bash-5.0-syslog-history.patch
 
+# 2135537 - Bash no longer executed a binary executable shell-script
+# This patch should be removed during next rebase
+Patch129: bash-5.2-file-detection.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: texinfo bison
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
@@ -320,6 +324,10 @@ end
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 18 2022 Siteshwar Vashisht <svashisht@redhat.com> - 5.2.9-2
+- Fix binary file detection
+  Resolves: #2135537
+
 * Fri Nov 18 2022 Siteshwar Vashisht <svashisht@redhat.com> - 5.2.9-1
 - Update to bash-5.2 patchlevel 9
   Resolves: #2140722