diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 036298d..11a9785 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@
 /libabigail-1.0.rc3.tar.gz
 /fix-test-diff-pkg-patch.txt
 /libabigail-1.0.rc4.tar.gz
+/0001-Bug-19961-Distinguish-between-PI-executable-and-shar.patch
+/0002-Bug-19964-Cannot-load-function-aliases-on-ppc64.patch
diff --git a/libabigail.spec b/libabigail.spec
index 13777b5..96c0187 100644
--- a/libabigail.spec
+++ b/libabigail.spec
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 
 Name: libabigail
 Version: 1.0
-Release: 0.8.%{tarball_revision}.1%{?dist}
+Release: 0.8.%{tarball_revision}.2%{?dist}
 Summary: Set of ABI analysis tools
 
 License: LGPLv3+
 URL: https://sourceware.org/libabigail/
 Source0: http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/libabigail/%{tarball_name}.tar.gz
+Patch1: 0001-Bug-19961-Distinguish-between-PI-executable-and-shar.patch
+Patch2: 0002-Bug-19964-Cannot-load-function-aliases-on-ppc64.patch
 
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: libtool
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ format.
 
 %prep
 %setup -n %{tarball_name}
+%patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-silent-rules --disable-zip-archive --disable-static 
@@ -123,6 +127,13 @@ fi
 %doc doc/manuals/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 25 2016 Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 1.0-0.8.rc4.2
+- Fix PIE and ppc64 function aliases handling.
+  The exact two upstream bugs fixed are:
+    Bug 19961 - Distinguish between PI executable and shared library
+    Bug 19964 - Cannot load function aliases on ppc64
+  The two upstream patches applied are 8944ceb9ef03a4187 and 2529f84ae0e2ca2a
+
 * Sun Apr 17 2016 Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 1.0-0.8.rc4.1
 - Update to upstream 1.0.rc4
 - Remove fix-test-diff-pkg-patch.txt as it was applied upstream.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 94520a7..7ab0780 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-655c6450e2525316c52cc9d60bb51c83  libabigail-1.0.rc4.tar.gz
+df7d1494df3ac37f47cf05c9e09f20aa  0001-Bug-19961-Distinguish-between-PI-executable-and-shar.patch
+4e3ddb1fbaa71cdd01447c8462bcd0a0  0002-Bug-19964-Cannot-load-function-aliases-on-ppc64.patch