diff --git a/frysk-0.4-bash-dollar-star.patch b/frysk-0.4-bash-dollar-star.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2cfcdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frysk-0.4-bash-dollar-star.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- frysk-0.4/common/Makefile.gen.sh.orig	2008-06-09 14:03:07.000000000 -0400
++++ frysk-0.4/common/Makefile.gen.sh	2009-02-09 07:56:30.000000000 -0500
+@@ -191,8 +191,14 @@
+ 	fi
+     else
+ 	local variable=variable_${name}_set
+-	eval $variable=\'$name $op "$*"\'
+-	echo "$name" = "$@"
++	# bash 4 gets an error when "$*" is empty
++	if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
++	    eval $variable=\'$name $op\'
++	    echo "$name" =
++	else
++	    eval $variable=\'$name $op "$*"\'
++	    echo "$name" = "$@"
++	fi
+     fi
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/frysk.spec b/frysk.spec
index d1309de..736c554 100644
--- a/frysk.spec
+++ b/frysk.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:	Execution analysis and debugging tool-suite.
 Name:		frysk
 Version:	0.4
-Release:	5%{?dist}
+Release:	6%{?dist}
 
 # antlrv2 is Public Domain; antlrv3 is BSD.
 # getopt is GPLv2 with exception
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ License:	GPLv2 with exceptions and BSD and CPL and Public Domain
 Group:		Development/System
 URL:		http://sourceware.org/frysk
 Source:		ftp://sourceware.org/pub/frysk/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-
+Patch1:		frysk-0.4-bash-dollar-star.patch
 
 BuildRoot:	%(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ This package contains the GNOME front end for Frysk.
 
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 pwd
+%patch1 -p1
 ./bootstrap.sh
 
 %build 
@@ -268,6 +269,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man1/frysk.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 08 2009 Andrew Cagney <cagney [at] fedoraproject org> - 0.4-6
+- Add frysk-0.4-batch-dollar-star.patch; avoid empty "$*" and "$@" in
+  shell scripts (bash bug?).
+
 * Sun Feb 08 2009 Alex Lancaster <alexlan[AT] fedoraproject org> - 0.4-5
 - Rebuild for new GCC 4.4 to fix broken deps