diff --git a/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec b/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
index cf7e2ef..17471ef 100644
--- a/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
+++ b/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
 Name:    java-%{javaver}-%{origin}
 Version: %{javaver}.%{buildver}
-Release: 0.23.%{jdk8_version}%{?dist}
+Release: 0.24.%{jdk8_version}%{?dist}
 # java-1.5.0-ibm from jpackage.org set Epoch to 1 for unknown reasons,
 # and this change was brought into RHEL-4.  java-1.5.0-ibm packages
 # also included the epoch in their virtual provides.  This created a
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ Patch2: 1015432.patch
 Patch3: java-atk-wrapper-security.patch
 # RHBZ 808293
 Patch4: PStack-808293.patch
+# Allow multiple initialization of PKCS11 libraries
+Patch5: multiple-pkcs11-library-init.patch
 
 #
 # OpenJDK specific patches
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@ sh %{SOURCE12}
 %patch2
 %patch3
 %patch4
+%patch5
 
 %patch99
 
@@ -942,6 +945,9 @@ exit 0
 %doc %{buildoutputdir}/images/j2sdk-image/jre/LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 31 2014 Omair Majid <omajid@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.0-0.24.b123
+- Forward port more patches from java-1.7.0-openjdk
+
 * Mon Jan 20 2014 Omair Majid <omajid@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.0-0.23.b123
 - Update to jdk8-b123
 
diff --git a/multiple-pkcs11-library-init.patch b/multiple-pkcs11-library-init.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1e8bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multiple-pkcs11-library-init.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# User andrew
+# Date 1352129932 0
+# Node ID e9c857dcb964dbfa5eef3a3590244cb4d999cf7a
+# Parent  1406789608b76d0906881979335d685855f44190
+Allow multiple PKCS11 library initialisation to be a non-critical error.
+
+diff -r 1406789608b7 -r e9c857dcb964 src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/Config.java
+--- jdk8/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/Config.java Tue Oct 30 13:05:14 2012 +0000
++++ jdk8/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/Config.java Mon Nov 05 15:38:52 2012 +0000
+@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
+     static final int ERR_HALT       = 1;
+     static final int ERR_IGNORE_ALL = 2;
+     static final int ERR_IGNORE_LIB = 3;
++    static final int ERR_IGNORE_MULTI_INIT = 4;
+ 
+     // same as allowSingleThreadedModules but controlled via a system property
+     // and applied to all providers. if set to false, no SunPKCS11 instances
+@@ -980,6 +981,8 @@
+             handleStartupErrors = ERR_IGNORE_LIB;
+         } else if (val.equals("halt")) {
+             handleStartupErrors = ERR_HALT;
++        } else if (val.equals("ignoreMultipleInitialisation")) {
++            handleStartupErrors = ERR_IGNORE_MULTI_INIT;
+         } else {
+             throw excToken("Invalid value for handleStartupErrors:");
+         }
+diff -r 1406789608b7 -r e9c857dcb964 src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/SunPKCS11.java
+--- jdk8/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/SunPKCS11.java  Tue Oct 30 13:05:14 2012 +0000
++++ jdk8/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/security/pkcs11/SunPKCS11.java  Mon Nov 05 15:38:52 2012 +0000
+@@ -168,26 +168,37 @@
+                 String nssLibraryDirectory = config.getNssLibraryDirectory();
+                 String nssSecmodDirectory = config.getNssSecmodDirectory();
+                 boolean nssOptimizeSpace = config.getNssOptimizeSpace();
++                int errorHandling = config.getHandleStartupErrors();
+ 
+                 if (secmod.isInitialized()) {
+                     if (nssSecmodDirectory != null) {
+                         String s = secmod.getConfigDir();
+                         if ((s != null) &&
+                                 (s.equals(nssSecmodDirectory) == false)) {
+-                            throw new ProviderException("Secmod directory "
+-                                + nssSecmodDirectory
+-                                + " invalid, NSS already initialized with "
+-                                + s);
++                            String msg = "Secmod directory " + nssSecmodDirectory
++                                + " invalid, NSS already initialized with " + s;
++                            if (errorHandling == Config.ERR_IGNORE_MULTI_INIT ||
++                                errorHandling == Config.ERR_IGNORE_ALL) {
++                                throw new UnsupportedOperationException(msg);
++                            } else {
++                                throw new ProviderException(msg);
++                            }
+                         }
+                     }
+                     if (nssLibraryDirectory != null) {
+                         String s = secmod.getLibDir();
+                         if ((s != null) &&
+                                 (s.equals(nssLibraryDirectory) == false)) {
+-                            throw new ProviderException("NSS library directory "
++                            String msg = "NSS library directory "
+                                 + nssLibraryDirectory
+                                 + " invalid, NSS already initialized with "
+-                                + s);
++                                + s;
++                            if (errorHandling == Config.ERR_IGNORE_MULTI_INIT ||
++                                errorHandling == Config.ERR_IGNORE_ALL) {
++                                throw new UnsupportedOperationException(msg);
++                            } else {
++                                throw new ProviderException(msg);
++                            }
+                         }
+                     }
+                 } else {