diff --git a/0020-RHBZ-907360-static-pthread-init.patch b/0020-RHBZ-907360-static-pthread-init.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00e9a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0020-RHBZ-907360-static-pthread-init.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+ libmultipath/uevent.c |   10 ++++------
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+Index: multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/uevent.c
+===================================================================
+--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/libmultipath/uevent.c
++++ multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/uevent.c
+@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ typedef int (uev_trigger)(struct uevent
+ 
+ pthread_t uevq_thr;
+ LIST_HEAD(uevq);
+-pthread_mutex_t uevq_lock, *uevq_lockp = &uevq_lock;
+-pthread_cond_t  uev_cond,  *uev_condp  = &uev_cond;
++pthread_mutex_t uevq_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
++pthread_mutex_t *uevq_lockp = &uevq_lock;
++pthread_cond_t uev_cond = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
++pthread_cond_t *uev_condp = &uev_cond;
+ uev_trigger *my_uev_trigger;
+ void * my_trigger_data;
+ int servicing_uev;
+@@ -411,8 +413,6 @@ int uevent_listen(void)
+ 	 */
+ 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&uevq);
+ 
+-	pthread_mutex_init(uevq_lockp, NULL);
+-	pthread_cond_init(uev_condp, NULL);
+ 	pthread_cleanup_push(uevq_stop, NULL);
+ 
+ 	monitor = udev_monitor_new_from_netlink(conf->udev, "udev");
+@@ -525,8 +525,6 @@ out:
+ 	if (need_failback)
+ 		err = failback_listen();
+ 	pthread_cleanup_pop(1);
+-	pthread_mutex_destroy(uevq_lockp);
+-	pthread_cond_destroy(uev_condp);
+ 	return err;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/device-mapper-multipath.spec b/device-mapper-multipath.spec
index dd284ec..94b892f 100644
--- a/device-mapper-multipath.spec
+++ b/device-mapper-multipath.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Tools to manage multipath devices using device-mapper
 Name: device-mapper-multipath
 Version: 0.4.9
-Release: 45%{?dist}
+Release: 46%{?dist}
 License: GPL+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Patch0016: 0016-RH-dont-print-ghost-messages.patch
 Patch0017: 0017-RH-fix-sigusr1.patch
 Patch0018: 0018-RH-fix-factorize.patch
 Patch0019: 0019-RH-fix-sockets.patch
+Patch0020: 0020-RHBZ-907360-static-pthread-init.patch
 
 # runtime
 Requires: %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ kpartx manages partition creation and removal for device-mapper devices.
 %patch0017 -p1
 %patch0018 -p1
 %patch0019 -p1
+%patch0020 -p1
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
 
 %build
@@ -188,6 +190,10 @@ bin/systemctl --no-reload enable multipathd.service >/dev/null 2>&1 ||:
 %{_mandir}/man8/kpartx.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 28 2013 Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com> 0.4.9-46
+- Add 0020-RHBZ-907360-static-pthread-init.patch
+  * statically initialize the uevent pthread structures 
+
 * Sat Mar  2 2013 Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com> 0.4.9-45
 - Updated to latest upstrem 0.4.9 code: multipath-tools-130222
   (git commit id: 67b82ad6fe280caa1770025a6bb8110b633fa136)