diff --git a/ncompress-4.2.4-zerobyteforce.patch b/ncompress-4.2.4-zerobyteforce.patch
index 2779d43..465d67e 100644
--- a/ncompress-4.2.4-zerobyteforce.patch
+++ b/ncompress-4.2.4-zerobyteforce.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- ncompress-4.2.4/compress42.c.zerobyteforce	2005-09-02 18:42:56.000000000 +0530
-+++ ncompress-4.2.4/compress42.c	2005-09-02 18:43:55.000000000 +0530
-@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@
+--- ncompress-4.2.4/compress42.c.zerobyteforce	2006-04-14 14:18:28.000000000 +0200
++++ ncompress-4.2.4/compress42.c	2006-04-14 14:20:15.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1145,10 +1145,12 @@
  			if (fdout != 1 && close(fdout))
  				write_error();
  
@@ -9,3 +9,16 @@
  			{
  				if (remove_ofname)
  				{
++					if(!quiet)
++						fprintf(stderr, "No compression -- %s unchanged\n", ifname);
+ 					if (unlink(ofname))	/* Remove input file */
+ 					{
+ 						fprintf(stderr, "\nunlink error (ignored) ");
+@@ -1157,6 +1159,7 @@
+ 					}
+ 		
+ 					remove_ofname = 0;
++					exit_code = 2;
+ 				}
+ 			}
+ 			else
diff --git a/ncompress.spec b/ncompress.spec
index e22566e..098dd61 100644
--- a/ncompress.spec
+++ b/ncompress.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Fast compression and decompression utilities.
 Name: ncompress
 Version: 4.2.4
-Release: 43.2.1
+Release: 44
 License: distributable
 Group: Applications/File
 Source: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/compress/ncompress-4.2.4.tar.Z
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc LZW.INFO README
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 21 2006 Peter Vrabec <pvrabec@redhat.com> 4.2.4-44
+- fix problems with compressing zero-sized files (#189215, #189216)
+
 * Fri Feb 10 2006 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> - 4.2.4-43.2.1
 - bump again for double-long bug on ppc(64)