diff --git a/Encode-2.86-Fix-return-value-of-Encode-encode_utf8-undef.patch b/Encode-2.86-Fix-return-value-of-Encode-encode_utf8-undef.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb48e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Encode-2.86-Fix-return-value-of-Encode-encode_utf8-undef.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+From 646aaae364fc8cd19786a66b88ec6aaf3f093024 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pali <pali@cpan.org>
+Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 23:09:26 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix return value of Encode::encode_utf8(undef)
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Documentation says that '$octets = encode_utf8($string)' is equivalent to
+'$octets = encode("utf8", $string)'. And if the $string is undef, then
+undef is returned. However without this patch encode_utf8(undef) returned
+'' (empty string) and not undef. This patch fixes it and undef is returned.
+
+All other utf8 Encode calls already returns undef, just encode_utf8() acted
+differently.
+
+  Encode::encode('utf8', undef) -> undef
+  Encode::decode('utf8', undef) -> undef
+  Encode::decode_utf8(undef) -> undef
+
+Reported bug: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=116904
+
+Signed-off-by: Petr Písař <ppisar@redhat.com>
+---
+ Encode.pm   |  1 +
+ t/utf8ref.t | 15 ++++++++++++++-
+ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Encode.pm b/Encode.pm
+index bda8e1b..bc600be 100644
+--- a/Encode.pm
++++ b/Encode.pm
+@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ sub from_to($$$;$) {
+ 
+ sub encode_utf8($) {
+     my ($str) = @_;
++    return undef unless defined $str;
+     utf8::encode($str);
+     return $str;
+ }
+diff --git a/t/utf8ref.t b/t/utf8ref.t
+index 3253e08..aff098f 100644
+--- a/t/utf8ref.t
++++ b/t/utf8ref.t
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use strict;
+ use warnings;
+ use Encode;
+ use Test::More;
+-plan tests => 4;
++plan tests => 12;
+ #plan 'no_plan';
+ 
+ # my $a = find_encoding('ASCII');
+@@ -18,3 +18,16 @@ is $u->encode($r), '';
+ $r = {};
+ is decode_utf8($r), ''.$r;
+ is $u->decode($r), '';
++use warnings 'uninitialized';
++
++is encode_utf8(undef), undef;
++is decode_utf8(undef), undef;
++
++is encode_utf8(''), '';
++is decode_utf8(''), '';
++
++is Encode::encode('utf8', undef), undef;
++is Encode::decode('utf8', undef), undef;
++
++is Encode::encode('utf8', ''), '';
++is Encode::decode('utf8', ''), '';
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/perl-Encode.spec b/perl-Encode.spec
index fe1f875..25c84ef 100644
--- a/perl-Encode.spec
+++ b/perl-Encode.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Version:        %{cpan_version}
 # perl-encoding sub-package has independent version which does not change
 # often and consecutive builds would clash on perl-encoding NEVRA. This is the
 # same case as in perl.spec.
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Character encodings in Perl
 # ucm:          UCD
 # bin/encguess: Artistic 2.0
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ License:        (GPL+ or Artistic) and Artistic 2.0 and UCD
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Encode/
 Source0:        http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/D/DA/DANKOGAI/Encode-%{cpan_version}.tar.gz
+# Fix Encode::encode_utf8(undef) to return undef, CPAN RT#116904,
+# in upstream after 2.86
+Patch0:         Encode-2.86-Fix-return-value-of-Encode-encode_utf8-undef.patch
 BuildRequires:  coreutils
 BuildRequires:  findutils
 BuildRequires:  make
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ your own encoding to perl. No knowledge of XS is necessary.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Encode-%{cpan_version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 # Additional scripts can be installed by appending MORE_SCRIPTS, UCM files by
@@ -168,6 +172,9 @@ make test
 %{perl_vendorarch}/Encode/encode.h
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 30 2016 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 4:2.86-3
+- Fix Encode::encode_utf8(undef) to return undef (CPAN RT#116904)
+
 * Fri Sep 16 2016 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 4:2.86-2
 - Add Artistic 2.0 into license tag because of encguess tool