diff -up patch-2.5.4/patch.c.selinux patch-2.5.4/patch.c
--- patch-2.5.4/patch.c.selinux	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
+++ patch-2.5.4/patch.c	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -414,6 +414,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 		  if (! inerrno && chmod (outname, instat.st_mode) != 0)
 		    pfatal ("Can't set permissions on file %s",
 			    quotearg (outname));
+		  if (! inerrno && incontext &&
+		      setfilecon (outname, incontext) != 0)
+		    {
+		      if (errno != ENODATA && errno != ENOTSUP)
+			pfatal ("Can't set security context on file %s",
+				quotearg (outname));
+		    }
 		}
 	    }
       }
diff -up patch-2.5.4/common.h.selinux patch-2.5.4/common.h
--- patch-2.5.4/common.h.selinux	1999-08-30 07:20:08.000000000 +0100
+++ patch-2.5.4/common.h	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
+
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #if ! defined S_ISDIR && defined S_IFDIR
 # define S_ISDIR(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ XTERN char *outfile;
 XTERN int inerrno;
 XTERN int invc;
 XTERN struct stat instat;
+XTERN security_context_t incontext;
 XTERN bool dry_run;
 XTERN bool posixly_correct;
 
diff -up patch-2.5.4/inp.c.selinux patch-2.5.4/inp.c
--- patch-2.5.4/inp.c.selinux	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
+++ patch-2.5.4/inp.c	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -154,7 +154,15 @@ get_input_file (char const *filename, ch
     char *getbuf;
 
     if (inerrno == -1)
-      inerrno = stat (inname, &instat) == 0 ? 0 : errno;
+      {
+	inerrno = stat (inname, &instat) == 0 ? 0 : errno;
+	inerrno = getfilecon (inname, &incontext) == 0 ? 0 : errno;
+	if (inerrno == ENODATA || inerrno == ENOTSUP)
+	  {
+	    inerrno = 0;
+	    incontext = NULL;
+	  }
+      }
 
     /* Perhaps look for RCS or SCCS versions.  */
     if (patch_get
@@ -196,7 +204,7 @@ get_input_file (char const *filename, ch
 	    }
 
 	    if (cs && version_get (filename, cs, ! inerrno, elsewhere, getbuf,
-				   &instat))
+				   &instat, &incontext))
 	      inerrno = 0;
 
 	    free (getbuf);
@@ -213,6 +221,7 @@ get_input_file (char const *filename, ch
       {
 	instat.st_mode = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IWGRP|S_IROTH|S_IWOTH;
 	instat.st_size = 0;
+	incontext = NULL;
       }
     else if (! S_ISREG (instat.st_mode))
       fatal ("File %s is not a regular file -- can't patch",
diff -up patch-2.5.4/util.c.selinux patch-2.5.4/util.c
--- patch-2.5.4/util.c.selinux	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
+++ patch-2.5.4/util.c	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ static char const CLEARTOOL_CO[] = "clea
    *GETBUF and *DIFFBUF must be freed by the caller.  */
 char const *
 version_controller (char const *filename, int readonly,
-		    struct stat const *filestat, char **getbuf, char **diffbuf)
+		    struct stat const *filestat,
+		    char **getbuf, char **diffbuf)
 {
   struct stat cstat;
   char const *filebase = base_name (filename);
@@ -375,7 +376,8 @@ version_controller (char const *filename
    Return nonzero if successful.  */
 int
 version_get (char const *filename, char const *cs, int exists, int readonly,
-	     char const *getbuf, struct stat *filestat)
+	     char const *getbuf, struct stat *filestat,
+	     security_context_t *filecontext)
 {
   if (patch_get < 0)
     {
@@ -400,6 +402,13 @@ version_get (char const *filename, char 
 	fatal ("Can't get file %s from %s", quotearg (filename), cs);
       if (stat (filename, filestat) != 0)
 	pfatal ("%s", quotearg (filename));
+      if (filecontext && getfilecon (filename, filecontext) != 0)
+	{
+	  if (errno == ENODATA || errno == ENOTSUP)
+	    *filecontext = NULL;
+	  else
+	    pfatal ("%s", quotearg (filename));
+	}
     }
 
   return 1;
diff -up patch-2.5.4/util.h.selinux patch-2.5.4/util.h
--- patch-2.5.4/util.h.selinux	1999-08-30 07:20:08.000000000 +0100
+++ patch-2.5.4/util.h	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ char *fetchname PARAMS ((char *, int, ti
 char *savebuf PARAMS ((char const *, size_t));
 char *savestr PARAMS ((char const *));
 char const *version_controller PARAMS ((char const *, int, struct stat const *, char **, char **));
-int version_get PARAMS ((char const *, char const *, int, int, char const *, struct stat *));
+int version_get PARAMS ((char const *, char const *, int, int, char const *, struct stat *, security_context_t *));
 int create_file PARAMS ((char const *, int, mode_t));
 int systemic PARAMS ((char const *));
 char *format_linenum PARAMS ((char[LINENUM_LENGTH_BOUND + 1], LINENUM));
diff -up patch-2.5.4/pch.c.selinux patch-2.5.4/pch.c
--- patch-2.5.4/pch.c.selinux	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
+++ patch-2.5.4/pch.c	2007-10-04 16:58:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -258,7 +258,12 @@ there_is_another_patch (void)
 	  {
 	    if (stat (inname, &instat) == 0)
 	      {
-		inerrno = 0;
+		inerrno = getfilecon (inname, &incontext) == 0 ? 0 : errno;
+		if (inerrno == ENODATA || inerrno == ENOTSUP)
+		  {
+		    inerrno = 0;
+		    incontext = NULL;
+		  }
 		invc = -1;
 	      }
 	    else
@@ -573,7 +578,7 @@ intuit_diff_type (void)
 			  if (cs)
 			    {
 			      if (version_get (name[i], cs, 0, readonly,
-					       getbuf, &st[i]))
+					       getbuf, &st[i], NULL))
 				stat_errno[i] = 0;
 			      else
 				version_controlled[i] = 0;
diff -up patch-2.5.4/Makefile.in.selinux patch-2.5.4/Makefile.in
--- patch-2.5.4/Makefile.in.selinux	2007-10-04 16:59:09.000000000 +0100
+++ patch-2.5.4/Makefile.in	2007-10-04 17:00:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEFS = @DEFS@
 EXEEXT = @EXEEXT@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBS@ -lselinux
 PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
 U = @U@
 VERSION = @VERSION@