diff --git a/gnupg-2.2.27-shared.patch b/gnupg-2.2.27-shared.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd0b6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnupg-2.2.27-shared.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Add the option "shared-access" to scdaemon.
+# If set, pcsc_connect is called with PCSC_SHARE_SHARED instead of PCSC_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE.
+
+
+--- a/scd/apdu.c
++++ b/scd/apdu.c
+@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ connect_pcsc_card (int slot)
+
+   err = pcsc_connect (reader_table[slot].pcsc.context,
+                       reader_table[slot].rdrname,
+-                      PCSC_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE,
++                      opt.shared_access ? PCSC_SHARE_SHARED : PCSC_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE,
+                       PCSC_PROTOCOL_T0|PCSC_PROTOCOL_T1,
+                       &reader_table[slot].pcsc.card,
+                       &reader_table[slot].pcsc.protocol);
+--- a/scd/scdaemon.c
++++ b/scd/scdaemon.c
+@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ enum cmd_and_opt_values
+   oDenyAdmin,
+   oDisableApplication,
+   oEnablePinpadVarlen,
++  oSharedAccess,
+   oListenBacklog,
+
+   oNoop
+@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ static ARGPARSE_OPTS opts[] = {
+   /* Stubs for options which are implemented by 2.3 or later.  */
+   ARGPARSE_s_s (oNoop, "application-priority", "@"),
+
++  ARGPARSE_s_n (oSharedAccess, "shared-access", N_("use PCSC_SHARE_SHARED for pcsc_connect")),
++
+   ARGPARSE_end ()
+ };
+
+@@ -629,6 +632,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv )
+
+         case oNoop: break;
+
++        case oSharedAccess: opt.shared_access = 1; break;
++
+         default:
+           if (configname)
+             pargs.err = ARGPARSE_PRINT_WARNING;
+@@ -727,6 +732,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv )
+       es_printf ("disable-pinpad:%lu:\n", GC_OPT_FLAG_NONE );
+       es_printf ("card-timeout:%lu:%d:\n", GC_OPT_FLAG_DEFAULT, 0);
+       es_printf ("enable-pinpad-varlen:%lu:\n", GC_OPT_FLAG_NONE );
++      es_printf ("shared-access:%lu:\n", GC_OPT_FLAG_NONE );
+
+       scd_exit (0);
+     }
+--- a/scd/scdaemon.h
++++ b/scd/scdaemon.h
+@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ struct
+   strlist_t disabled_applications;  /* Card applications we do not
+                                        want to use. */
+   unsigned long card_timeout; /* Disconnect after N seconds of inactivity.  */
++
++  int shared_access;
+ } opt;
+
+
+--- a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
++++ b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
+@@ -653,6 +653,9 @@ static gc_option_t gc_options_scdaemon[] =
+    { "card-timeout", GC_OPT_FLAG_NONE|GC_OPT_FLAG_RUNTIME, GC_LEVEL_BASIC,
+      "gnupg", "|N|disconnect the card after N seconds of inactivity",
+      GC_ARG_TYPE_UINT32, GC_BACKEND_SCDAEMON },
++   { "shared-access", GC_OPT_FLAG_NONE|GC_OPT_FLAG_RUNTIME, GC_LEVEL_BASIC,
++     "gnupg", "use PCSC_SHARE_SHARED for pcsc_connect",
++     GC_ARG_TYPE_NONE, GC_BACKEND_SCDAEMON },
+
+    { "Debug",
+      GC_OPT_FLAG_GROUP, GC_LEVEL_ADVANCED,
+
diff --git a/gnupg2.spec b/gnupg2.spec
index a582cda..15be9ca 100644
--- a/gnupg2.spec
+++ b/gnupg2.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: Utility for secure communication and data storage
 Name:    gnupg2
 Version: 2.2.27
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv3+
 Source0: https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/%{?pre:alpha/}gnupg/gnupg-%{version}%{?pre}.tar.bz2
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Patch21: gnupg-2.2.18-gpg-allow-import-of-previously-known-keys-even-without-UI.
 Patch22: gnupg-2.2.18-gpg-accept-subkeys-with-a-good-revocation-but-no-self-sig.patch
 # Fixes for issues found in Coverity scan - reported upstream
 Patch30: gnupg-2.2.21-coverity.patch
+# Do not require exclusive access to the pcsc
+Patch31: gnupg-2.2.27-shared.patch
 
 
 URL:     https://www.gnupg.org/
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ BuildRequires: docbook-utils
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: libassuan-devel >= 2.1.0
 BuildRequires: libgcrypt-devel >= 1.7.0
-BuildRequires: libgpg-error-devel >= 1.31
+BuildRequires: libgpg-error-devel >= 1.38
 BuildRequires: libksba-devel >= 1.3.0
 BuildRequires: openldap-devel
 BuildRequires: libusb-devel
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ BuildRequires: fuse
 BuildRequires: make
 
 Requires: libgcrypt >= 1.7.0
-Requires: libgpg-error >= 1.31
+Requires: libgpg-error >= 1.38
 
 Recommends: pinentry
 
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ to the base GnuPG package
 %patch22 -p1 -b .good_revoc
 
 %patch30 -p1 -b .coverity
+%patch31 -p1 -b .shared
 
 # pcsc-lite library major: 0 in 1.2.0, 1 in 1.2.9+ (dlopen()'d in pcsc-wrapper)
 # Note: this is just the name of the default shared lib to load in scdaemon,
@@ -223,6 +226,12 @@ make -k check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 29 2021 Jakub Jelen <jjelen@redhat.com> - 2.2.27-4
+- Add a configuration to not require exclusive access to PCSC
+
+* Thu Feb 18 2021 Jakub Jelen <jjelen@redhat.com> - 2.2.27-3
+- Bump required libgpg-error version (#1930110)
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.27-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild