diff --git a/gzexe.patch b/gzexe.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..282cf7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gzexe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 21cd963565a43dabd59516bd4cca5c76a614f255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jakub Martisko <jamartis@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:29:30 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix: the value of the skip variable in the gzexe
+
+---
+ gzexe.in          |  4 ++--
+ tests/Makefile.am |  1 +
+ tests/gzexe       | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100755 tests/gzexe
+
+diff --git a/gzexe.in b/gzexe.in
+index 6c61183..cffa84e 100644
+--- a/gzexe.in
++++ b/gzexe.in
+@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ for i do
+   if test $decomp -eq 0; then
+     (cat <<'EOF' &&
+ #!/bin/sh
+-skip=44
++skip=49
+ 
+ tab='	'
+ nl='
+@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ EOF
+ 
+   else
+     # decompression
+-    skip=44
++    skip=49
+     skip_line=`sed -e 1d -e 2q "$file"`
+     case $skip_line in
+     skip=[0-9] | skip=[0-9][0-9] | skip=[0-9][0-9][0-9])
+
+-- 
+2.21.0
+