diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c3780d3..e044817 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@
 /kinit-5.51.0.tar.xz
 /kinit-5.52.0.tar.xz
 /kinit-5.53.0.tar.xz
+/0003-use-soft-rlimit-for-number-of-open-handles.patch
diff --git a/kf5-kinit.spec b/kf5-kinit.spec
index b5ec2d3..45aeb26 100644
--- a/kf5-kinit.spec
+++ b/kf5-kinit.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           kf5-%{framework}
 Version: 5.53.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary:        KDE Frameworks 5 tier 3 solution for process launching
 
 License:        LGPLv2+ and BSD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Source0:        http://download.kde.org/%{stable}/frameworks/%{versiondir}/%{fra
 Source10:       macros.kf5-kinit
 
 ## upstream patches
+Patch3: 0003-use-soft-rlimit-for-number-of-open-handles.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  extra-cmake-modules >= %{version}
 BuildRequires:  kf5-rpm-macros
@@ -96,6 +97,9 @@ install -p -m644 -D %{SOURCE10} \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 26 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.53.0-2
+- pull in upstream fix wtf file handles
+
 * Sun Dec 09 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.53.0-1
 - 5.53.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e7d41ab..6e5b149 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 SHA512 (kinit-5.53.0.tar.xz) = 52561fb6747bdf229dcf5ea9b84f0df050454c6b587630816184f65d2bb552401dc28eb7ed96209a1ff70374e1033c27de26d143532be5a3998ac69cdadd3f9d
+SHA512 (0003-use-soft-rlimit-for-number-of-open-handles.patch) = 57454e5363d30de6b8f41d2113a72f15a5e17808957247ed2b872b8762a36b905c13484201294a9bb7e7e4c2e1d93c61e335e70a4e1f7102cc1dc2ebe62612c1