diff --git a/XML_Util-pr8.patch b/XML_Util-pr8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a41893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/XML_Util-pr8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 59e2d9738dd25cd751b810e5431b96e836864152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Remi Collet <fedora@famillecollet.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:39:37 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix #21184, collapseEmptyTags breaks XML_Serializer
+
+---
+ XML/Util.php            |  2 +-
+ package.xml             |  1 +
+ tests/Bug21184Tests.php | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ create mode 100644 tests/Bug21184Tests.php
+
+diff --git a/XML/Util.php b/XML/Util.php
+index af8211b..0bb7e5e 100644
+--- a/XML/Util.php
++++ b/XML/Util.php
+@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ public static function collapseEmptyTags($xml, $mode = XML_UTIL_COLLAPSE_ALL)
+                         '${4}' .            // attributes
+                     ' />'
+                 ;
+-                return preg_replace($preg1, $preg2, $xml);
++                return (preg_replace($preg1, $preg2, $xml)?:$xml);
+                 break;
+             case XML_UTIL_COLLAPSE_XHTML_ONLY:
+                 return preg_replace(
+
diff --git a/php-pear.spec b/php-pear.spec
index 872d535..949c3b7 100644
--- a/php-pear.spec
+++ b/php-pear.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 Summary: PHP Extension and Application Repository framework
 Name: php-pear
 Version: 1.10.1
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 # PEAR, PEAR_Manpages, Archive_Tar, XML_Util, Console_Getopt are BSD
 # Structures_Graph is LGPLv3+
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Source25: http://pear.php.net/get/PEAR_Manpages-%{manpages}.tgz
 
 # https://github.com/pear/pear-core/pull/51
 Patch0:   pear-proxy.patch
+# https://github.com/pear/XML_Util/pull/8
+Patch1:   XML_Util-pr8.patch
 
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: php(language) > 5.4
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ done
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
 
 # apply patches on used PEAR during install
-# Patch0 applied on installation tree
+# Patches applied on installation tree
 
 sed -e 's:@BINDIR@:%{_bindir}:' \
     -e 's:@LIBDIR@:%{_localstatedir}/lib:' \
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ install -m 644 -D macros.pear \
 # apply patches on installed PEAR tree
 pushd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{peardir} 
 patch --no-backup --fuzz 0 -p1 < %{PATCH0}
+patch --no-backup --fuzz 0 -p1 < %{PATCH1}
 popd
 
 # Why this file here ?
@@ -293,6 +296,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 22 2017 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> 1:1.10.1-11
+- add patch to fix XML_Serializer with XML_Util 1.4.1
+  from https://github.com/pear/XML_Util/pull/8
+
 * Wed Feb  8 2017 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> 1:1.10.1-10
 - update XML_Util to 1.4.1