diff --git a/popt-1.13-alias-equal-arg.patch b/popt-1.13-alias-equal-arg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64a5460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/popt-1.13-alias-equal-arg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+diff -up popt-1.13/popt.c.alias-equal-arg popt-1.13/popt.c
+--- popt-1.13/popt.c.alias-equal-arg	2007-12-11 20:04:06.000000000 +0200
++++ popt-1.13/popt.c	2011-06-14 11:57:21.000000000 +0300
+@@ -308,8 +308,9 @@ static int handleExec(/*@special@*/ popt
+ 
+ /* Only one of longName, shortName may be set at a time */
+ static int handleAlias(/*@special@*/ poptContext con,
+-		/*@null@*/ const char * longName, char shortName,
+-		/*@exposed@*/ /*@null@*/ const char * nextCharArg)
++		/*@null@*/ const char * longName, size_t longNameLen,
++		char shortName,
++		/*@exposed@*/ /*@null@*/ const char * nextArg)
+ 	/*@uses con->aliases, con->numAliases, con->optionStack, con->os,
+ 		con->os->currAlias, con->os->currAlias->option.longName @*/
+ 	/*@modifies con @*/
+@@ -319,9 +320,11 @@ static int handleAlias(/*@special@*/ pop
+     int i;
+ 
+     if (item) {
+-	if (longName && (item->option.longName &&
+-		!strcmp(longName, item->option.longName)))
++	if (longName && item->option.longName
++	 && longNameLen == strlen(item->option.longName)
++	 && !strncmp(longName, item->option.longName, longNameLen))
+ 	    return 0;
++	else
+ 	if (shortName && shortName == item->option.shortName)
+ 	    return 0;
+     }
+@@ -331,10 +334,14 @@ static int handleAlias(/*@special@*/ pop
+ 
+     for (i = con->numAliases - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ 	item = con->aliases + i;
+-	if (longName && !(item->option.longName &&
+-			!strcmp(longName, item->option.longName)))
+-	    continue;
+-	else if (shortName != item->option.shortName)
++	if (longName) {
++	    if (item->option.longName == NULL)
++		continue;
++	    if (longNameLen != strlen(item->option.longName))
++		continue;
++	    if (strncmp(longName, item->option.longName, longNameLen))
++		continue;
++	} else if (shortName != item->option.shortName)
+ 	    continue;
+ 	break;
+     }
+@@ -343,8 +350,8 @@ static int handleAlias(/*@special@*/ pop
+     if ((con->os - con->optionStack + 1) == POPT_OPTION_DEPTH)
+ 	return POPT_ERROR_OPTSTOODEEP;
+ 
+-    if (nextCharArg && *nextCharArg)
+-	con->os->nextCharArg = nextCharArg;
++    if (longName == NULL && nextArg && *nextArg)
++	con->os->nextCharArg = nextArg;
+ 
+     con->os++;
+     con->os->next = 0;
+@@ -352,8 +359,20 @@ static int handleAlias(/*@special@*/ pop
+     con->os->nextArg = NULL;
+     con->os->nextCharArg = NULL;
+     con->os->currAlias = con->aliases + i;
+-    rc = poptDupArgv(con->os->currAlias->argc, con->os->currAlias->argv,
+-		&con->os->argc, &con->os->argv);
++    {	const char ** av;
++	int ac = con->os->currAlias->argc;
++	/* Append --foo=bar arg to alias argv array (if present). */ 
++	if (longName && nextArg && *nextArg) {
++	    int i;
++	    av = alloca((ac + 1 + 1) * sizeof(*av));
++	    for (i = 0; i < ac; i++)
++		av[i] = con->os->currAlias->argv[i];
++	    av[ac++] = nextArg;
++	    av[ac] = NULL;
++	} else
++	    av = con->os->currAlias->argv;
++	rc = poptDupArgv(ac, av, &con->os->argc, &con->os->argv);
++    }
+     con->os->argb = NULL;
+ 
+     return (rc ? rc : 1);
+@@ -795,13 +814,6 @@ int poptGetNextOpt(poptContext con)
+ 		else
+ 		    singleDash = 1;
+ 
+-		/* XXX aliases with arg substitution need "--alias=arg" */
+-		if (handleAlias(con, optString, '\0', NULL))
+-		    continue;
+-
+-		if (handleExec(con, optString, '\0'))
+-		    continue;
+-
+ 		/* Check for "--long=arg" option. */
+ 		for (oe = optString; *oe && *oe != '='; oe++)
+ 		    {};
+@@ -809,6 +821,15 @@ int poptGetNextOpt(poptContext con)
+ 		if (*oe == '=')
+ 		    longArg = oe + 1;
+ 
++		/* XXX aliases with arg substitution need "--alias=arg" */
++		if (handleAlias(con, optString, optStringLen, '\0', longArg)) {
++		    longArg = NULL;
++		    continue;
++		}
++
++		if (handleExec(con, optString, '\0'))
++		    continue;
++
+ 		opt = findOption(con->options, optString, optStringLen, '\0', &cb, &cbData,
+ 				 singleDash);
+ 		if (!opt && !singleDash)
+@@ -834,7 +855,7 @@ int poptGetNextOpt(poptContext con)
+ 
+ 	    con->os->nextCharArg = NULL;
+ 
+-	    if (handleAlias(con, NULL, *origOptString, origOptString + 1))
++	    if (handleAlias(con, NULL, 0, *origOptString, origOptString + 1))
+ 		continue;
+ 
+ 	    if (handleExec(con, NULL, *origOptString)) {
diff --git a/popt.spec b/popt.spec
index 55a703e..864f6d2 100644
--- a/popt.spec
+++ b/popt.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 Summary:	C library for parsing command line parameters
 Name:		popt
 Version:	1.13
-Release:	8%{?dist}
+Release:	9%{?dist}
 License:	MIT
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 URL:		http://www.rpm5.org/
 Source:		http://www.rpm5.org/files/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:		popt-1.13-multilib.patch
 Patch1:		popt-1.13-popt_fprintf.patch
+Patch2:		popt-1.13-alias-equal-arg.patch
 BuildRequires:	gettext, doxygen, graphviz
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ Install it if you need to link statically with libpopt.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .multilib
 %patch1 -p1 -b .popt_fprintf
+%patch2 -p1 -b .alias-equal-arg
 
 %build
 %configure --libdir=/%{_lib}
@@ -92,6 +94,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/libpopt.a
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 14 2011 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
+- Backport upstream patch to fix --opt=<arg> syntax for aliases (#293531)
+
 * Wed Feb 09 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.13-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild