diff --git a/coreutils-9.0-chmod-symlink.patch b/coreutils-9.0-chmod-symlink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fad3b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils-9.0-chmod-symlink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+From c76e70637e529481478e26683ebd73c40621c382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
+Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:57:41 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] chmod: fix exit status when ignoring symlinks
+
+* src/chmod.c: Reorder enum so CH_NOT_APPLIED
+can be treated as a non error.
+* tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh: A new test.
+* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
+* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
+Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/50784
+
+Upstream-commit: e8b56ebd536e82b15542a00c888109471936bfda
+Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
+---
+ NEWS                          |  6 ++++++
+ src/chmod.c                   |  4 ++--
+ tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ tests/local.mk                |  1 +
+ 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100755 tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh
+
+diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
+index f2fbcbb..5722a8b 100644
+--- a/NEWS
++++ b/NEWS
+@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
+   where avx2 instructions are supported.
+   A new --debug option will indicate if avx2 is being used.
+ 
++** Bug fixes
++
++  chmod -R no longer exits with error status when encountering symlinks.
++  All files would be processed correctly, but the exit status was incorrect.
++  [bug introduced in coreutils-9.0]
++
+ 
+ * Noteworthy changes in release 8.32 (2020-03-05) [stable]
+ 
+diff --git a/src/chmod.c b/src/chmod.c
+index 37b04f5..57ac47f 100644
+--- a/src/chmod.c
++++ b/src/chmod.c
+@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ struct change_status
+   enum
+     {
+       CH_NO_STAT,
+-      CH_NOT_APPLIED,
+       CH_FAILED,
++      CH_NOT_APPLIED,
+       CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED,
+       CH_SUCCEEDED
+     }
+@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ process_file (FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent)
+   if ( ! recurse)
+     fts_set (fts, ent, FTS_SKIP);
+ 
+-  return CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED <= ch.status;
++  return CH_NOT_APPLIED <= ch.status;
+ }
+ 
+ /* Recursively change the modes of the specified FILES (the last entry
+diff --git a/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh b/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh
+new file mode 100755
+index 0000000..5ce3de8
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh
+@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
++#!/bin/sh
++# Test for proper exit code of chmod on a processed symlink.
++
++# Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
++
++# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
++# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
++# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
++# (at your option) any later version.
++
++# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
++# GNU General Public License for more details.
++
++# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
++# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
++
++. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
++print_ver_ chmod
++
++mkdir dir || framework_failure_
++touch dir/f || framework_failure_
++ln -s f dir/l || framework_failure_
++
++# This operation ignores symlinks but should succeed.
++chmod u+w -R dir 2> out || fail=1
++
++compare /dev/null out || fail=1
++
++Exit $fail
+diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
+index a76c808..a2164c9 100644
+--- a/tests/local.mk
++++ b/tests/local.mk
+@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ all_tests =					\
+   tests/chmod/c-option.sh			\
+   tests/chmod/equal-x.sh			\
+   tests/chmod/equals.sh				\
++  tests/chmod/ignore-symlink.sh			\
+   tests/chmod/inaccessible.sh			\
+   tests/chmod/octal.sh				\
+   tests/chmod/setgid.sh				\
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 41c37c4..a6ceed5 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
 Name:    coreutils
 Version: 9.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Url:     https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
 Source0: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Source106:  coreutils-colorls.csh
 # do not make coreutils-single depend on /usr/bin/coreutils
 %global __requires_exclude ^%{_bindir}/coreutils$
 
+# chmod: fix exit status when ignoring symlinks
+Patch1:   coreutils-9.0-chmod-symlink.patch
+
 # disable the test-lock gnulib test prone to deadlock
 Patch100: coreutils-8.26-test-lock.patch
 
@@ -263,6 +266,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 %license COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 04 2021 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 9.0-2
+- chmod: fix exit status when ignoring symlinks
+
 * Sun Sep 26 2021 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 9.0-1
 - new upstream release 9.0