diff --git a/readline-6.1-version.patch b/readline-6.1-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6945a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readline-6.1-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 0415e19a3f41596800e6144a5c5acca05929a90a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
+Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:15:01 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix the version number
+
+---
+ readline.h |    4 ++--
+ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/readline.h b/readline.h
+index 7a4ffaa..9a9e18a 100644
+--- a/readline.h
++++ b/readline.h
+@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ extern "C" {
+ #endif
+ 
+ /* Hex-encoded Readline version number. */
+-#define RL_READLINE_VERSION	0x0600		/* Readline 6.0 */
++#define RL_READLINE_VERSION	0x0601		/* Readline 6.0 */
+ #define RL_VERSION_MAJOR	6
+-#define RL_VERSION_MINOR	0
++#define RL_VERSION_MINOR	1
+ 
+ /* Readline data structures. */
+ 
+-- 
+1.7.0
+
diff --git a/readline.spec b/readline.spec
index c63ca90..c936191 100644
--- a/readline.spec
+++ b/readline.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 Summary: A library for editing typed command lines
 Name: readline
 Version: 6.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-%{version}.tar.gz
+# sent upstream
+Patch0: readline-6.1-version.patch
 # fix file permissions, remove RPATH, use CFLAGS
 Patch20: readline-6.1-shlib.patch
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ library.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .version
 %patch20 -p1 -b .shlib
 
 pushd examples
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/lib*.a
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 17 2010 Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk> 6.1-2
+- fix the version number in header
+
 * Tue Jan 12 2010 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 6.1-1
 - update to 6.1