diff --git a/units-1.88-coverity.patch b/units-1.88-coverity.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..412e2d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/units-1.88-coverity.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+From 149121fe597e9d3ee818d6d1d0facf9175d6674d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:24:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] units - fix defects found by Coverity
+
+---
+ units.c |   18 +++++++++++-------
+ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/units.c b/units.c
+index cdda76a..c4230c9 100644
+--- a/units.c
++++ b/units.c
+@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ readunits(char *file, FILE *errfile,
+    struct prefixlist *pfxptr;
+    struct unitlist *uptr;
+    FILE *unitfile;
+-   char *line, *lineptr, *unitdef, *unitname, *permfile;
++   char *line = 0, *lineptr, *unitdef, *unitname, *permfile;
+    int len, linenum, linebufsize, goterr;
+    unsigned hashval, pval;
+    int locunitcount, locprefixcount, locfunccount;
+@@ -399,12 +399,13 @@ readunits(char *file, FILE *errfile,
+ 
+    growbuffer(&line,&linebufsize);
+ 
+-   permfile = dupstr(file);                 /* This is a permanent copy to 
+-                                               reference in the database.
+-                                               It is never freed. */
+    unitfile = fopen(file, "rt");
+    if (!unitfile) 
+      return E_FILE;
++
++   permfile = dupstr(file);                 /* This is a permanent copy to
++                                               reference in the database.
++                                               It is never freed. */
+    while (!feof(unitfile)) {
+       if (!fgetslong(&line, &linebufsize, unitfile, &linenum)) 
+         break;
+@@ -471,8 +472,10 @@ readunits(char *file, FILE *errfile,
+ 	    }
+ 	    readerr = readunits(includefile, errfile, unitcount, prefixcount, 
+ 				funccount, depth+1);
+-	    if (readerr == E_MEMORY) 
++	    if (readerr == E_MEMORY) {
++	      fclose(unitfile);
+ 	      return readerr;
++	    }
+ 	    if (readerr == E_FILE) {
+ 	      if (errfile)
+ 		fprintf(errfile, "%s: unable to open included file '%s' at line %d of file '%s\n", progname, includefile, linenum, file);
+@@ -1381,7 +1384,8 @@ subunitroot(int n,char *in[], char *out[])
+   char **ptr,**current;
+   int count;
+ 
+-  for(current = in;*current && *current==NULLUNIT;current++);
++  for(current = in;*current==NULLUNIT;current++)
++  if (!*current) return E_NOTROOT;
+   count = 0;
+   for(ptr=in;*ptr;ptr++){
+     if (*ptr==NULLUNIT) continue;
+@@ -2618,7 +2622,7 @@ Typing 'search text' will show units whose names contain 'text'.\n\n",
+ int
+ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+-   struct unittype have, want;
++   static struct unittype have, want;
+    char *havestr=0, *wantstr=0;
+    struct func *funcval;
+    int havestrsize=0;   /* Only used if READLINE is undefined */
+-- 
+1.7.1
+
+
+From 30ede89a0147189cd815afc58b1d82545b881bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:37:09 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] units - use an annotation to suppress a false positive of Coverity
+
+---
+ units.c |    1 +
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/units.c b/units.c
+index c4230c9..28555a4 100644
+--- a/units.c
++++ b/units.c
+@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ readunits(char *file, FILE *errfile,
+    if (!unitfile) 
+      return E_FILE;
+ 
++   /* coverity[alloc_fn] */
+    permfile = dupstr(file);                 /* This is a permanent copy to
+                                                reference in the database.
+                                                It is never freed. */
+-- 
+1.7.1
+
diff --git a/units.spec b/units.spec
index 352f713..4d94507 100644
--- a/units.spec
+++ b/units.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for converting amounts from one unit to another
 Name: units
 Version: 1.88
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/units/units.html
 License: GPLv3+
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BuildRequires: bison
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: readline-devel
 Patch1: units-1.88-man-typo.patch
+Patch2: units-1.88-coverity.patch
 
 %description
 Units converts an amount from one unit to another, or tells you what
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ well as conversions such as Fahrenheit to Celsius.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 16 2011 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 1.88-4
+- fix code defects found by Coverity
+
 * Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.88-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild