diff --git a/mdadm-3.1.2-container-2.patch b/mdadm-3.1.2-container-2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5548944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdadm-3.1.2-container-2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+commit 3e77dfbe97a30d97c42787b15e7a9c703fda0431
+Author: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
+Date:   Thu Apr 8 17:10:08 2010 -0400
+
+    Don't even try to activate non-redundant array types unless all disks
+    are present.  This keeps arrays from getting marked as broken in
+    the superblock and then permanently blocked from being assembled.
+    
+    Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
+
+diff --git a/Assemble.c b/Assemble.c
+index d059155..9580066 100644
+--- a/Assemble.c
++++ b/Assemble.c
+@@ -1337,8 +1337,9 @@ int assemble_container_content(struct supertype *st, int mdfd,
+ 		case LEVEL_LINEAR:
+ 		case LEVEL_MULTIPATH:
+ 		case 0:
+-			err = sysfs_set_str(content, NULL, "array_state",
+-					    "active");
++			if ((working + preexist) == content->array.raid_disks)
++				err = sysfs_set_str(content, NULL,
++						    "array_state", "active");
+ 			break;
+ 		default:
+ 			err = sysfs_set_str(content, NULL, "array_state",