diff --git a/cpanspec-1.78-Escape-slashes-in-filters.patch b/cpanspec-1.78-Escape-slashes-in-filters.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b31b0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpanspec-1.78-Escape-slashes-in-filters.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 1052ae3f560cfb31a540fbf3ab1fe5d3343094a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Petr=20=C5=A0abata?= <contyk@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 16:51:47 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Escape slashes in filters
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Simply escape slashes in --filter-requires and --filter-provides
+options, resolving a five year old bug [0].
+
+[0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544738
+
+Signed-off-by: Petr Šabata <contyk@redhat.com>
+---
+ cpanspec | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec
+index d972d1c..398e0de 100755
+--- a/cpanspec
++++ b/cpanspec
+@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ for my $file (@args) {
+         }
+         die "Failed to create $script: $!\n" if (!$sh);
+ 
++        map { s/\//\\\//g } @filter_requires;
+         print $sh "#!/bin/sh\n\n"
+             . "\@\@PERL_REQ\@\@ \"\$\@\" | sed -e '/^$filter_requires[0]\$/d'";
+         if (@filter_requires > 1) {
+@@ -845,6 +846,7 @@ for my $file (@args) {
+         }
+         die "Failed to create $script: $!\n" if (!$sh);
+ 
++        map { s/\//\\\//g } @filter_provides;
+         print $sh "#!/bin/sh\n\n"
+             . "\@\@PERL_PROV\@\@ \"\$\@\" | sed -e '/^$filter_provides[0]\$/d'";
+         if (@filter_provides > 1) {
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/cpanspec.spec b/cpanspec.spec
index 12fd746..9f865a4 100644
--- a/cpanspec.spec
+++ b/cpanspec.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           cpanspec
 Version:        1.78
-Release:        18%{?dist}
+Release:        19%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM spec file generation utility
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ URL:            http://cpanspec.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://sourceforge.net/downloads/%{name}/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         %{name}-1.78-Change-optimize-to-optflags.patch
 Patch1:         %{name}-1.78-Strip-any-version-comparison-operator-from-the-perl-BR.patch
+Patch2:         %{name}-1.78-Escape-slashes-in-filters.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  perl(Module::Build)
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ contained in the spec file is correct.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %{__perl} Build.PL installdirs=vendor
@@ -35,12 +37,9 @@ contained in the spec file is correct.
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 ./Build install destdir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} \;
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null \;
-
 %{_fixperms} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
 
 # No tests.
@@ -57,6 +56,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 01 2014 Petr Šabata <contyk@redhat.com> - 1.78-19
+- Escape slashes in filters (#544738)
+
 * Thu Nov 06 2014 Petr Šabata <contyk@redhat.com> - 1.78-18
 - Use %%{optflags} instead of %%{optimize} (#739461, b0bdaf23)
 - Strip META perl version BR (#708377, c4069558)