diff --git a/rpcbind-0.1.4-libwrap.patch b/rpcbind-0.1.4-libwrap.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2af7391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpcbind-0.1.4-libwrap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+commit 29827c82fbb78725478eaf53b140e14a77fad42f
+Author: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+Date:   Sat Sep 15 11:32:57 2007 -0400
+
+    Added autoconf rules to turn on secure host checking via libwrap.
+    
+    Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
+
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index dfe5907..2bdf830 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h fcntl.h netdb.h \
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_create])
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([tirpc], [clnt_create])
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(libwrap,[ --enable-libwrap  Enables host name checking], 
++	[case "${enableval}" in
++		yes) libwarp=true 
++			AC_CHECK_LIB([wrap],  [hosts_access]) ;;
++		no)  libwarp=no ;;
++		*) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-libwrap) ;;
++	esac],[libwarp=false])
++AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBWRAP, test x$libwarp = xtrue)
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile man/Makefile])
+ AC_OUTPUT()
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index fd80847..d66b43f 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ if WARMSTART
+ INCLUDES +=	-DWARMSTART
+ endif
+ 
++if LIBWRAP
++INCLUDES +=	-DLIBWRAP
++endif
++
+ 
+ bin_PROGRAMS = rpcbind rpcinfo
+ 
diff --git a/rpcbind.spec b/rpcbind.spec
index 2921f0c..ba426a5 100644
--- a/rpcbind.spec
+++ b/rpcbind.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Patch2: rpcbind-0.1.4-debug.patch
 Patch3: rpcbind-0.1.4-warmstarts.patch
 Patch4: rpcbind-0.1.4-rpcuser.patch
 Patch5: rpcbind-0.1.4-iff_up.patch
+Patch6: rpcbind-0.1.4-libwrap.patch
 
 %description
 The rpcbind utility is a server that converts RPC program numbers into
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ RPC calls on a server on that machine.
 %patch4 -p1
 # 240873: rpcbind segfaults on startup - ipv6 related
 %patch5 -p1
+# 248284: rpcbind ignores libwrap files
+%patch6 -p1
 
 %build
 %ifarch s390 s390x
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ autoreconf -fisv
     --enable-warmstarts \
     --with-statedir="$RPCBDIR" \
     --with-rpcuser="$RPCBUSR" \
+    --enable-libwrap \
     --enable-debug
 
 make all
@@ -121,7 +125,9 @@ fi
 %dir %attr(700,rpc,rpc) /var/lib/rpcbind
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Sep 14 2007 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 0.1.4-8
+* Sat Sep 15 2007 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 0.1.4-8
+- Added autoconf rules to turn on secure host checking
+  via libwrap. Also turned on host check by default (bz 248284)
 - Changed init script to start service in runlevel 2 (bz 251568)
 
 * Fri May 25 2007 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 0.1.4-7