diff --git a/0001-Don-t-try-to-set-attributes-of-symbolic-links.patch b/0001-Don-t-try-to-set-attributes-of-symbolic-links.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43a1212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Don-t-try-to-set-attributes-of-symbolic-links.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 2566bd476a0036f91b610679eb5cc15aeae99612 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 07:30:29 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Don't try to set attributes of symbolic links
+
+---
+ .../plexus/components/io/attributes/Java7AttributeUtils.java       | 7 ++-----
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/attributes/Java7AttributeUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/attributes/Java7AttributeUtils.java
+index 25bd452..e43f738 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/attributes/Java7AttributeUtils.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/io/attributes/Java7AttributeUtils.java
+@@ -52,11 +52,8 @@ public static void chmod( File file, int mode )
+         throws IOException
+     {
+         final Path path = file.toPath();
+-        if (Files.isSymbolicLink( path )){
+-            if (Files.readSymbolicLink( path ).toFile().exists()){
+-                Files.setPosixFilePermissions( path, getPermissions( mode ) );
+-            }
+-        } else {
++        if ( !Files.isSymbolicLink( path ) )
++        {
+             Files.setPosixFilePermissions( path, getPermissions( mode ) );
+         }
+     }
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/plexus-io.spec b/plexus-io.spec
index eadded8..4aac367 100644
--- a/plexus-io.spec
+++ b/plexus-io.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           plexus-io
 Version:        2.1.1
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Plexus IO Components
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            http://plexus.codehaus.org/plexus-components/plexus-io
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 Source0:        https://github.com/sonatype/plexus-io/archive/plexus-io-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 
+# Forwarded upstream: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/PLXCOMP-244
+# https://github.com/sonatype/plexus-io/pull/6
+Patch0:         0001-Don-t-try-to-set-attributes-of-symbolic-links.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  plexus-utils
 BuildRequires:  plexus-containers-container-default
 BuildRequires:  plexus-components-pom
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@ API documentation for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n plexus-io-plexus-io-%{version}
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 export XMVN_COMPILER_SOURCE="1.5"
@@ -47,6 +52,9 @@ export XMVN_COMPILER_SOURCE="1.5"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 29 2014 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 2.1.1-2
+- Don't try to set attributes of symbolic links
+
 * Mon Sep 29 2014 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 2.1.1-1
 - Update to upstream version 2.1.1
 - Remove patch for PLXCOMP-241: accepted upstream