diff --git a/gvfs-1.6.5-fuse-open-trunc-support.patch b/gvfs-1.6.5-fuse-open-trunc-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5d096d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gvfs-1.6.5-fuse-open-trunc-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+From 0d1dc99a87d354e8af9cb0f98827bafb2cd7f577 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:25:51 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fuse: Add O_TRUNC support for open()
+
+This requires kernel version 2.6.24 or later.
+
+See bug 627567 for details.
+---
+ client/gvfsfusedaemon.c |   16 +++++++++++-----
+ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/client/gvfsfusedaemon.c b/client/gvfsfusedaemon.c
+index 13cb74d..bc3090d 100644
+--- a/client/gvfsfusedaemon.c
++++ b/client/gvfsfusedaemon.c
+@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ setup_input_stream (GFile *file, FileHandle *fh)
+ }
+ 
+ static gint
+-setup_output_stream (GFile *file, FileHandle *fh)
++setup_output_stream (GFile *file, FileHandle *fh, int flags)
+ {
+   GError *error  = NULL;
+   gint    result = 0;
+@@ -968,7 +968,10 @@ setup_output_stream (GFile *file, FileHandle *fh)
+ 
+   if (!fh->stream)
+     {
+-      fh->stream = g_file_append_to (file, 0, NULL, &error);
++      if (flags & O_TRUNC)
++        fh->stream = g_file_replace (file, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, &error);
++      else
++        fh->stream = g_file_append_to (file, 0, NULL, &error);
+       if (fh->stream)
+         fh->pos = g_seekable_tell (G_SEEKABLE (fh->stream));
+     }
+@@ -1024,7 +1027,7 @@ vfs_open (const gchar *path, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
+               set_pid_for_file (file);
+ 
+               if (fi->flags & O_WRONLY || fi->flags & O_RDWR)
+-                result = setup_output_stream (file, fh);
++                result = setup_output_stream (file, fh, fi->flags);
+               else
+                 result = setup_input_stream (file, fh);
+ 
+@@ -1406,7 +1409,7 @@ vfs_write (const gchar *path, const gchar *buf, size_t len, off_t offset,
+         {
+           g_mutex_lock (fh->mutex);
+ 
+-          result = setup_output_stream (file, fh);
++          result = setup_output_stream (file, fh, 0);
+           if (result == 0)
+             {
+               result = write_stream (fh, buf, len, offset);
+@@ -1857,7 +1860,7 @@ vfs_ftruncate (const gchar *path, off_t size, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
+         {
+           g_mutex_lock (fh->mutex);
+ 
+-          result = setup_output_stream (file, fh);
++          result = setup_output_stream (file, fh, 0);
+ 
+           if (result == 0)
+             {
+@@ -2336,6 +2339,9 @@ vfs_init (struct fuse_conn_info *conn)
+   subthread_main_loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+   subthread = g_thread_create ((GThreadFunc) subthread_main, NULL, FALSE, NULL);
+ 
++  /* Indicate O_TRUNC support for open() */
++  conn->want |= FUSE_CAP_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC;
++
+   return NULL;
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+1.7.3.1
+
diff --git a/gvfs.spec b/gvfs.spec
index 067849c..edb2023 100644
--- a/gvfs.spec
+++ b/gvfs.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Backends for the gio framework in GLib
 Name: gvfs
 Version: 1.6.4
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.gtk.org
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ Patch16: gvfs-1.6.2-stringv-dbus.patch
 # from upstream
 Patch17: gvfs-1.6.5-sftp-poll-timeout.patch
 
+# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627567
+# Data loss when writing files
+Patch18: gvfs-1.6.5-fuse-open-trunc-support.patch
+
 Obsoletes: gnome-mount <= 0.8
 Obsoletes: gnome-mount-nautilus-properties <= 0.8
 
@@ -145,6 +149,7 @@ including phones and music players to applications using gvfs.
 %patch15 -p1 -b .gphoto2-storageinfo
 %patch16 -p1 -b .stringv-dbus
 %patch17 -p1 -b .sftp-timeout
+%patch18 -p1 -b .fuse-trunc
 
 %build
 
@@ -314,6 +319,9 @@ killall -USR1 gvfsd >&/dev/null || :
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 13 2010 Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com> - 1.6.4-3
+- FUSE: Add O_TRUNC support for open()
+
 * Mon Oct  4 2010 Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com> - 1.6.4-2
 - Fix sftp poll timeout