diff --git a/coreutils-8.22-dd-sparsetest-xfsspeculativeprealloc.patch b/coreutils-8.22-dd-sparsetest-xfsspeculativeprealloc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c5f4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils-8.22-dd-sparsetest-xfsspeculativeprealloc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -urNp coreutils-8.22-orig/tests/dd/sparse.sh coreutils-8.22/tests/dd/sparse.sh
+--- coreutils-8.22-orig/tests/dd/sparse.sh	2013-12-04 06:48:30.000000000 -0800
++++ coreutils-8.22/tests/dd/sparse.sh	2014-04-12 17:48:22.301975386 -0700
+@@ -61,8 +61,15 @@ if test $(kb_alloc file.in) -gt 3000; th
+   dd if=file.in of=file.out bs=2M conv=sparse
+   test 2500 -lt $(kb_alloc file.out) || fail=1
+ 
++  # Note we recreate a sparse file first to avoid
++  # speculative preallocation seen in XFS, where a write() that
++  # extends a file can preallocate some extra space that
++  # a subsequent seek will not convert to a hole.
++  rm -f file.out
++  truncate --size=3M file.out
++
+   # Ensure that this 1MiB string of NULs *is* converted to a hole.
+-  dd if=file.in of=file.out bs=1M conv=sparse
++  dd if=file.in of=file.out bs=1M conv=sparse,notrunc
+   test $(kb_alloc file.out) -lt 2500 || fail=1
+ 
+ fi
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 6a98af6..542695b 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
 Name:    coreutils
 Version: 8.22
-Release: 13%{?dist}
+Release: 14%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group:   System Environment/Base
 Url:     http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Source106:  coreutils-colorls.csh
 # From upstream
 Patch1: coreutils-8.22-cp-selinux.patch
 Patch2: coreutils-8.22-datetzcrash.patch
+Patch3: coreutils-8.22-dd-sparsetest-xfsspeculativeprealloc.patch
 
 # Our patches
 #general patch to workaround koji build system issues
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
 # From upstream
 %patch1 -p1 -b .nullcontext
 %patch2 -p1 -b .tzcrash
+%patch3 -p1 -b .xfs
 
 # Our patches
 %patch100 -p1 -b .configure
@@ -372,6 +374,10 @@ fi
 %{_sbindir}/chroot
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 12 2014 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> 8.22-14
+- fix dd sparse test failure on xfs filesystem(#1085727,
+  by P.Brady)
+
 * Wed Mar 05 2014 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> 8.22-13
 - drop the util-linux requirements (smaller docker images),
   drop ancient obsoletes of -libs subpackage