diff --git a/dump-0.4b42-ext4.patch b/dump-0.4b42-ext4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dceb2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dump-0.4b42-ext4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up dump-0.4b42/dump/optr.c.ext4 dump-0.4b42/dump/optr.c
+--- dump-0.4b42/dump/optr.c.ext4	2006-03-14 12:09:51.000000000 +0100
++++ dump-0.4b42/dump/optr.c	2010-12-02 15:52:09.752382850 +0100
+@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int	datesort __P((const void *, const vo
+ static	void sendmes __P((const char *, const char *));
+ 
+ /* List of filesystem types that we can dump (same ext2 on-disk format) */
+-static char *fstypes[] = { "ext2", "ext3", "InterMezzo", NULL };
++static char *fstypes[] = { "ext2", "ext3", "ext4", "InterMezzo", NULL };
+ 
+ /*
+  *	Query the operator; This previously-fascist piece of code
diff --git a/dump.spec b/dump.spec
index 17bd214..5c198dc 100644
--- a/dump.spec
+++ b/dump.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Summary: Programs for backing up and restoring ext2/ext3 filesystems
 Name: dump
 Epoch: 1
 Version: 0.4
-Release: 0.8.%{PREVER}%{?dist}
+Release: 0.9.%{PREVER}%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Group: Applications/Archiving
 URL: http://dump.sourceforge.net/
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Obsoletes: dump-static
 Provides: dump-static
 
 Patch0: dump-rh507948.patch
+Patch1: dump-0.4b42-ext4.patch
 
 %description
 The dump package contains both dump and restore. Dump examines files
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ restoring files from a backup), and tar (an archiving program).
 %setup -q -n dump-%{VERSION}
 
 %patch0 -p1 -b .rh507948
+%patch1 -p1 -b .ext4
 
 for i in THANKS MAINTAINERS COPYRIGHT CHANGES; do
     iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8  $i -o $i.new
@@ -125,6 +127,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man8/rmt.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 2 2010 Jan Görig <jgorig redhat com> 0.4-0.9.b42
+- fix dump -w does not work on ext4 fielsystems (#658890)
+
 * Mon Jul 12 2010 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 0.4-0.8.b43
 - move COPYRIGHT to the rmt package