diff --git a/net-tools-1.60-skip.patch b/net-tools-1.60-skip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a634f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-tools-1.60-skip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- net-tools-1.60/netstat.c.skip	2006-08-07 10:45:25.000000000 +0200
++++ net-tools-1.60/netstat.c	2006-08-07 11:17:37.000000000 +0200
+@@ -444,6 +444,10 @@
+ #ifdef DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE_WORKS
+ 	    if (direfd->d_type!=DT_LNK) 
+ 		continue;
++#else
++	/* Skip . and .. */
++	    if (!isdigit(direfd->d_name[0])) 
++		continue;
+ #endif
+ 	    if (procfdlen+1+strlen(direfd->d_name)+1>sizeof(line)) 
+ 		continue;
diff --git a/net-tools.spec b/net-tools.spec
index 76bec1a..9ac1f24 100644
--- a/net-tools.spec
+++ b/net-tools.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Basic networking tools.
 Name: net-tools
 Version: 1.60
-Release: 72.1
+Release: 73
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Source0: http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/net-tools-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Patch52: net-tools-1.60-sctp.patch
 Patch53: net-tools-1.60-arp_man.patch
 Patch54: net-tools-1.60-ifconfig-long-iface-crasher.patch
 Patch55: net-tools-1.60-netdevice.patch
+Patch56: net-tools-1.60-skip.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
 Requires(post,preun): chkconfig
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@ ifconfig, netstat, route, and others.
 %patch52 -p1 -b .sctp
 %patch53 -p1
 %patch54 -p1 -b .long_iface
-%patch55 -p1 -b .netdevice
+#%patch55 -p1 -b .netdevice
+%patch56 -p1 -b .skip
 
 cp %SOURCE2 ./config.h
 cp %SOURCE3 ./config.make
@@ -242,6 +244,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/netplugd
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug  7 2006 Radek Vokal <rvokal@redhat.com> - 1.60-73
+- directory entries . and .. should be skipped
+
 * Wed Jul 12 2006 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> - 1.60-72.1
 - rebuild