diff --git a/nfs-utils-1.2.1-mount-eperm.patch b/nfs-utils-1.2.1-mount-eperm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..616768f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nfs-utils-1.2.1-mount-eperm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+commit 26a14b65991b79d317638f78dc6b4e5ac1ef712e
+Author: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
+Date:   Mon Dec 7 17:23:48 2009 -0500
+
+    mount.nfs: Retry v4 mounts with v3 on ENOENT errors
+    
+    Retry v4 mounts with a v3 mount when the version
+    is not explicitly specified and the mount fails
+    with ENOENT. The will help deal with Linux servers
+    that do not automatically export a pseudo root
+    
+    Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+
+diff --git a/utils/mount/stropts.c b/utils/mount/stropts.c
+index a0b9e7f..4007150 100644
+--- a/utils/mount/stropts.c
++++ b/utils/mount/stropts.c
+@@ -668,9 +668,10 @@ static int nfs_try_mount(struct nfsmount_info *mi)
+ 				/* 
+ 				 * To deal with legacy Linux servers that don't
+ 				 * automatically export a pseudo root, retry
+-				 * ENOENT errors using version 3
++				 * ENOENT errors using version 3. And for
++				 * Linux servers prior to 2.6.25, retry EPERM
+ 				 */
+-				if (errno != ENOENT)
++				if (errno != ENOENT && errno != EPERM)
+ 					break;
+ 			}
+ 		}
diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index e8b0031..197b895 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Patch02: nfs-utils-1.1.0-exp-subtree-warn-off.patch
 
 Patch200: nfs-utils-1.2.0-v4root-rel9.patch
 Patch201: nfs-utils-1.2.1-nfsd-bootfail.patch
+Patch202: nfs-utils-1.2.1-mount-eperm.patch
 
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 Provides: exportfs    = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ This package also contains the mount.nfs and umount.nfs program.
 
 %patch200 -p1
 %patch201 -p1
+%patch202 -p1
 
 # Remove .orig files
 find . -name "*.orig" | xargs rm -f
@@ -249,7 +251,8 @@ fi
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Dec  7 2009 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 1.2.1-4
-- Updated to the latest pseudo root release (rel9).
+- Updated to the latest pseudo root release (rel9) (bz 538609).
+- mount.nfs: Retry v4 mounts with v3 on ENOENT errors
 
 * Thu Nov 12 2009 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 1.2.1-3
 - Stop rpc.nfsd from failing to startup when the network