diff --git a/rear-skip-unsupported-partition-tables-RHEL-78583.patch b/rear-skip-unsupported-partition-tables-RHEL-78583.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b911d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rear-skip-unsupported-partition-tables-RHEL-78583.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 825478ee27f916553938afaf5164fec22cb32732 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@suse.com>
+Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 10:43:39 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Update 200_partition_layout.sh
+
+In layout/save/GNU/Linux/200_partition_layout.sh
+ensure $disk_label is one of the supported partition tables, cf.
+https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/2801#issuecomment-1122015129
+---
+ usr/share/rear/layout/save/GNU/Linux/200_partition_layout.sh | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/usr/share/rear/layout/save/GNU/Linux/200_partition_layout.sh b/usr/share/rear/layout/save/GNU/Linux/200_partition_layout.sh
+index b747d121c6..6e641d280e 100644
+--- a/usr/share/rear/layout/save/GNU/Linux/200_partition_layout.sh
++++ b/usr/share/rear/layout/save/GNU/Linux/200_partition_layout.sh
+@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ extract_partitions() {
+         parted -s $device print > $TMP_DIR/parted
+         disk_label=$(grep -E "Partition Table|Disk label" $TMP_DIR/parted | cut -d ":" -f "2" | tr -d " ")
+     fi
++    # Ensure $disk_label is valid to determine the partition name/type in the next step at 'declare type'
++    # cf. https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/2801#issuecomment-1122015129
++    if ! [[ "$disk_label" = "msdos" || "$disk_label" = "gpt" || "$disk_label" = "gpt_sync_mbr" || "$disk_label" = "dasd" ]] ; then
++        Error "Unsupported partition table '$disk_label' (must be one of 'msdos' 'gpt' 'gpt_sync_mbr' 'dasd')"
++    fi
+ 
+ 
+     cp $TMP_DIR/partitions $TMP_DIR/partitions-data
+
diff --git a/rear.spec b/rear.spec
index bf00d6b..a1c419c 100644
--- a/rear.spec
+++ b/rear.spec
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ Patch133: rear-abort-source-on-syntax-error-RHEL-104289.patch
 # https://github.com/rear/rear/commit/acb19846599a5fc411fd8c288776e1af2d79c920
 Patch134: rear-fix-VG-recreation-RHEL-23887.patch
 
+# skip unsupported partition tables, e.g. sun
+# https://github.com/rear/rear/commit/825478ee27f916553938afaf5164fec22cb32732
+Patch135: rear-skip-unsupported-partition-tables-RHEL-78583.patch
+
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