diff --git a/tar-1.15.1-padCorrectly.patch b/tar-1.15.1-padCorrectly.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73b671a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar-1.15.1-padCorrectly.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- tar-1.15.1/src/create.c.padCorrectly	2005-11-04 10:18:08.000000000 -0500
++++ tar-1.15.1/src/create.c	2005-11-04 10:21:05.000000000 -0500
+@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@
+ 	  return dump_status_short;
+ 	}
+       size_left -= count;
+-
+-      set_next_block_after (blk + (bufsize - 1) / BLOCKSIZE);
++      if (count)
++        set_next_block_after (blk + (bufsize - 1) / BLOCKSIZE);
+ 
+       if (count != bufsize)
+ 	{
+@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@
+ 		 STRINGIFY_BIGINT (size_left, buf)));
+ 	  if (! ignore_failed_read_option)
+ 	    exit_status = TAREXIT_FAILURE;
+-	  pad_archive (size_left);
++	  pad_archive (size_left - (bufsize-count));
+ 	  return dump_status_short;
+ 	}
+     }
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index 2d2b068..c2343a0 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A GNU file archiving program.
 Name: tar
 Version: 1.15.1
-Release: 10
+Release: 11
 License: GPL
 Group: Applications/Archiving
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Patch10: tar-1.15.1-gcc4.patch
 Patch11: tar-1.15.1-lseek.patch
 Patch12: tar-1.15.1-sparseTotals.patch
 Patch13: tar-1.15.1-newerOption.patch
+Patch14: tar-1.15.1-padCorrectly.patch
+
 Prereq: info
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake gzip
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ the rmt package.
 %patch11 -p1 -b .lseek
 %patch12 -p1 -b .sparseTotals
 %patch13 -p1 -b .newerOption
+%patch14 -p1 -b .padCorrectly
 
 %build
 
@@ -110,6 +113,9 @@ fi
 %{_infodir}/tar.info*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 04 2005 Peter Vrabec <pvrabec@redhat.com> 1.15.1-11
+- correctly pad archive members that shrunk during archiving (#172373)
+
 * Tue Sep 06 2005 Peter Vrabec <pvrabec@redhat.com> 1.15.1-10
 - provide man page (#163709, #54243, #56041)