diff --git a/0047-RHBZ-980777-kpartx-read-only-loop-devs.patch b/0047-RHBZ-980777-kpartx-read-only-loop-devs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed79e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0047-RHBZ-980777-kpartx-read-only-loop-devs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+ kpartx/kpartx.c |    3 +--
+ kpartx/lopart.c |    2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+Index: multipath-tools-130222/kpartx/kpartx.c
+===================================================================
+--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/kpartx/kpartx.c
++++ multipath-tools-130222/kpartx/kpartx.c
+@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv){
+ 	char * delim = NULL;
+ 	char *uuid = NULL;
+ 	char *mapname = NULL;
+-	int loopro = 0;
+ 	int hotplug = 0;
+ 	int loopcreated = 0;
+ 	struct stat buf;
+@@ -315,7 +314,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv){
+ 		if (!loopdev) {
+ 			loopdev = find_unused_loop_device();
+ 
+-			if (set_loop(loopdev, device, 0, &loopro)) {
++			if (set_loop(loopdev, device, 0, &ro)) {
+ 				fprintf(stderr, "can't set up loop\n");
+ 				exit (1);
+ 			}
+Index: multipath-tools-130222/kpartx/lopart.c
+===================================================================
+--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/kpartx/lopart.c
++++ multipath-tools-130222/kpartx/lopart.c
+@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ set_loop (const char *device, const char
+ 
+ 	if ((ffd = open (file, mode)) < 0) {
+ 
+-		if (!*loopro && errno == EROFS)
++		if (!*loopro && (errno == EROFS || errno == EACCES))
+ 			ffd = open (file, mode = O_RDONLY);
+ 
+ 		if (ffd < 0) {
diff --git a/device-mapper-multipath.spec b/device-mapper-multipath.spec
index ee65e62..38ae7f4 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: 53%{?dist}
+Release: 54%{?dist}
 License: GPL+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Patch0043: 0043-RH-signal-waiter.patch
 Patch0044: 0044-RHBZ-976688-fix-wipe-wwids.patch
 Patch0045: 0045-RHBZ-977297-man-page-fix.patch
 Patch0046: 0046-RHBZ-883981-move-udev-rules.patch
+Patch0047: 0047-RHBZ-980777-kpartx-read-only-loop-devs.patch
 
 # runtime
 Requires: %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ kpartx manages partition creation and removal for device-mapper devices.
 %patch0044 -p1
 %patch0045 -p1
 %patch0046 -p1
+%patch0047 -p1
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
 
 %build
@@ -245,6 +247,11 @@ bin/systemctl --no-reload enable multipathd.service >/dev/null 2>&1 ||:
 %{_mandir}/man8/kpartx.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul  5 2013 Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com> 0.4.9-54
+- Add 0047-RHBZ-980777-kpartx-read-only-loop-devs.patch
+  * make kpartx support read-only files better
+- Resolves: bz #980777
+
 * Wed Jul  3 2013 Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com> 0.4.9-53
 - Add 0044-RHBZ-976688-fix-wipe-wwids.patch
   * Seek back to the start of the file after truncating it