diff --git a/libassuan-2.5.5-coverity.patch b/libassuan-2.5.5-coverity.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..196141c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libassuan-2.5.5-coverity.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+commit f2bf4b1e81d46dc00e3d478dd88fd994a944d4d5
+Author: Jakub Jelen <jjelen@redhat.com>
+Date:   Wed Apr 7 12:09:59 2021 +0200
+
+    tests: Avoid leaking file descriptors on errors
+    
+    --
+    
+    Signed-off-by: Jakub Jelen <jjelen@redhat.com>
+
+diff --git a/tests/fdpassing.c b/tests/fdpassing.c
+index 3e1b71b..0e23ffc 100644
+--- a/tests/fdpassing.c
++++ b/tests/fdpassing.c
+@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ client (assuan_context_t ctx, const char *fname)
+       rc = assuan_sendfd (ctx, fileno (fp));
+       if (rc)
+         {
++          fclose (fp);
+           log_error ("assuan_sendfd failed: %s\n", gpg_strerror (rc));
+           return -1;
+         }
diff --git a/libassuan.spec b/libassuan.spec
index 3dd6452..19730f0 100644
--- a/libassuan.spec
+++ b/libassuan.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Source1: https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-%{version}.tar.bz2.sig
 URL:     https://www.gnupg.org/
 
 Patch1:  libassuan-2.5.2-multilib.patch
+Patch2:  libassuan-2.5.5-coverity.patch
 
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: gawk
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ This package contains files needed to develop applications using %{name}.
 %setup -q
 
 %patch1 -p1 -b .multilib
+%patch2 -p1 -b .coverity
 
 
 %build