diff --git a/bash-4.4-unset-nonblock-stdin.patch b/bash-4.4-unset-nonblock-stdin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68ad38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash-4.4-unset-nonblock-stdin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
+index 85f1c4f..9d1cdf8 100644
+--- a/parse.y
++++ b/parse.y
+@@ -1453,6 +1453,7 @@ yy_readline_get ()
+ 	  old_sigint = (SigHandler *)set_signal_handler (SIGINT, sigint_sighandler);
+ 	}
+ 
++      sh_unset_nodelay_mode (fileno (rl_instream));	/* just in case */
+       current_readline_line = readline (current_readline_prompt ?
+       					  current_readline_prompt : "");
diff --git a/bash.spec b/bash.spec
index 39ac152..470a60f 100644
--- a/bash.spec
+++ b/bash.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Version: %{baseversion}%{patchleveltag}
 Name: bash
 Summary: The GNU Bourne Again shell
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Url: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash
 Source0: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-%{baseversion}.tar.gz
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ Patch127: bash-4.4-no-loadable-builtins.patch
 # This should be dropped while rebasing to bash-4.5
 Patch128: bash-4.4-heredoc-cloexec.patch
 
+# 1068697 - Explicitly unset nonblocking mode while reading from stdin
+# This should be dropped while rebasing to bash-4.5
+Patch129: bash-4.4-unset-nonblock-stdin.patch
+
 BuildRequires: texinfo bison
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: autoconf, gettext
@@ -298,6 +302,10 @@ end
 %doc doc/*.ps doc/*.0 doc/*.html doc/article.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 26 2017 Siteshwar Vashisht <svashisht@redhat.com> - 4.4.12-4
+- Explicitly unset nonblocking mode while reading from stdin
+  Resolves: #1068697
+
 * Wed Apr 26 2017 Siteshwar Vashisht <svashisht@redhat.com> - 4.4.12-3
 - Fix heredoc file descriptor leak
   Resolves: #1413676