diff --git a/parted-1.8.8-s390-compile.patch b/parted-1.8.8-s390-compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb7582c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parted-1.8.8-s390-compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- parted-1.8.8/libparted/labels/fdasd.c.orig	2008-08-28 09:07:06.000000000 -0400
++++ parted-1.8.8/libparted/labels/fdasd.c	2008-08-28 09:08:28.000000000 -0400
+@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ fdasd_error (fdasd_anchor_t *anc, enum f
+ 		case device_verification_failed:
+ 			sprintf(error, "fdasd: %s -- %s\n",
+ 				_("Device verification failed"),
+-				_("The specified device is not a valid DASD device"));,
++				_("The specified device is not a valid DASD device"));
+ 			break;
+ 		default: 
+ 			sprintf(error, "fdasd: %s: %s\n", _("Fatal error"), str);
+@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ fdasd_get_geometry (fdasd_anchor_t *anc,
+ 	PDEBUG
+ 	int blksize = 0;
+ 	dasd_information_t dasd_info;
+-	char s[LINE_LENGTH];
+ 
+ 	if (ioctl(f, HDIO_GETGEO, &anc->geo) != 0) 
+ 		fdasd_error(anc, unable_to_ioctl,
diff --git a/parted.spec b/parted.spec
index d27c829..6e36234 100644
--- a/parted.spec
+++ b/parted.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU disk partition manipulation program
 Name:    parted
 Version: 1.8.8
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group:   Applications/System
 URL:     http://www.gnu.org/software/parted
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Patch5:  %{name}-1.8.8-nofixgpt.patch
 Patch6:  %{name}-1.8.8-alpha.patch
 Patch7:  %{name}-1.8.8-dospartrec.patch
 Patch8:  %{name}-1.8.8-appletv.patch
+Patch9:  %{name}-1.8.8-s390-compile.patch
 
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: e2fsprogs-devel
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ Parted library, you need to install this package.
 %patch6 -p1 -b .alpha
 %patch7 -p1 -b .dospartrec
 %patch8 -p1 -b .appletv
+%patch9 -p1 -b .s390-compile
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-device-mapper --enable-selinux --disable-static
@@ -121,6 +123,9 @@ fi
 %{_exec_prefix}/%{_lib}/pkgconfig/libparted.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 06 2008 Joel Granados <jgranado@redhat.com> - 1.8.8-9
+- Fix the build for the s390(x) archs (#470211).
+
 * Thu Jun 05 2008 Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> - 1.8.8-8
 - Fix some of the atvrecv code (and the msftres code) so that the flags
   actually stick.