diff --git a/e2fsprogs-1.42-bigendian-fix.patch b/e2fsprogs-1.42-bigendian-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b938a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2fsprogs-1.42-bigendian-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Date:	Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:26:35 -0600
+From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
+To: ext4 development <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
+Subject: [PATCH] libext2: advance group in ext2fs_open2 during swapping
+
+Without this change, we go back to getting group descriptor
+"0" each time we go around the "for i" loop.  It must properly
+advance through the filesystem.
+
+Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
+---
+
+(I couldn't decipher the removed comment; maybe it was typed when
+you thought you would do:
+
+                        gdp = ext2fs_group_desc(fs, dest, j);
+
+which would also work ... ?  It'd be clever, but I think my change
+is more explicitly obvious.  Either way works.
+
+We still have failing tests but at least nothing hangs now:
+Tests failed: f_mmp f_mmp_garbage m_mmp t_mmp_1on t_mmp_2off 
+
+
+diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c b/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c
+index 0cefe3f..40a52c5 100644
+--- a/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c
++++ b/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c
+@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_open2(const char *name, const char *io_options,
+ 			goto cleanup;
+ #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+ 		for (j=0; j < groups_per_block; j++) {
+-			/* The below happens to work... be careful. */
+-			gdp = ext2fs_group_desc(fs, fs->group_desc, j);
++			gdp = ext2fs_group_desc(fs, fs->group_desc,
++						i * groups_per_block + j);
+ 			ext2fs_swap_group_desc2(fs, gdp);
+ 		}
+ #endif
+
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diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index 64c2b46..cc88478 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Utilities for managing ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems
 Name: e2fsprogs
 Version: 1.42
-Release: 0.5.WIP.1016%{?dist}
+Release: 0.6.WIP.1016%{?dist}
 
 # License tags based on COPYING file distinctions for various components
 License: GPLv2
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Source0: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.42-WIP-1016.ta
 Source1: ext2_types-wrapper.h
 
 Patch1: e2fsprogs-1.40.4-sb_feature_check_ignore.patch
+Patch2: e2fsprogs-1.42-bigendian-fix.patch
 
 Url: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ It was originally inspired by the Multics SubSystem library.
 # after an selinux install...
 %patch1 -p1 -b .featurecheck
 
+%patch2 -p1
+
 %build
 %configure --enable-elf-shlibs --enable-nls --disable-uuidd --disable-fsck \
 	   --disable-e2initrd-helper --disable-libblkid --disable-libuuid
@@ -319,6 +322,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ss.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 08 2011 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> 1.42-0.6.WIP.1016
+- Fix e2fsck / make check on big endian arch
+
 * Mon Oct 17 2011 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> 1.42-0.5.WIP.1016
 - New upstream snapshot release