diff --git a/Improve-handling-of-u-in-gdbm_load.patch b/Improve-handling-of-u-in-gdbm_load.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a33bdf224ed35d829ed983bcbad393cb1eccc690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Improve-handling-of-u-in-gdbm_load.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+From 4cfdc68fd862a4e80f42f14aa92cb25db08b2466 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>
+Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 19:29:47 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Improve handling of -u in gdbm_load
+
+* src/gdbm_load.c (main): Imply the owner login group if owner name
+is followed by a :, and the current login group otherwise.
+* doc/gdbm.texi: Document changes.
+---
+ doc/gdbm.texi     | 13 ++++++++-----
+ src/gdbm_load.c |  9 +++++++--
+ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/doc/gdbm.texi b/doc/gdbm.texi
+index 4fa841f..037ae07 100644
+--- a/doc/gdbm.texi
++++ b/doc/gdbm.texi
+@@ -4119,13 +4119,16 @@ dump file will be added to that database, without removing the
+ existing keys.  To overwrite the existing keys from the dump file, use
+ @option{--update --replace}.
+ 
+-@item -u @var{user}[:@var{group}]
+-@itemx --user=@var{user}[:@var{group}]
+-Set file owner.  The @var{user} can be either a valid user name or
++@item -u @var{owner}[:[@var{group}]]
++@itemx --user=@var{owner}[:[@var{group}]]
++Set file owner.  The @var{owner} can be either a valid user name or
+ UID.  Similarly, the @var{group} is either a valid group name or GID.
+-If @var{group} is not given, the main group of @var{user} is used.
++If @var{group} is not given, the main group of @var{owner} is implied, if
++@var{owner} is followed by a @samp{:}, otherwise the login group of the
++current user is implied.
+ 
+-User and group parts can be separated by a dot, instead of the colon.
++User and group parts can be separated by a dot, instead of the colon,
++but such usage is discouraged.
+ 
+ @item -h
+ @itemx --help
+diff --git a/src/gdbm_load.c b/src/gdbm_load.c
+index 5d5e50e..e7e2ab1 100644
+--- a/src/gdbm_load.c
++++ b/src/gdbm_load.c
+@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ 	{
+ 	  size_t len;
+ 	  struct passwd *pw;
++	  int delim;
+ 	  
+ 	  len = strcspn (optarg, ".:");
+-	  if (optarg[len])
++	  if ((delim = optarg[len]) != 0)
+ 	    optarg[len++] = 0;
+ 	  pw = getpwnam (optarg);
+ 	  if (pw)
+@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ 		    }
+ 		}
+ 	    }
+-	  else
++	  else if (delim)
+ 	    {
+ 	      if (!pw)
+ 		{
+@@ -200,6 +201,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ 		}
+ 	      owner_gid = pw->pw_gid;
+ 	    }
++	  else
++	    {
++	      owner_gid = getgid();
++	    }
+ 	  meta_mask |= GDBM_META_MASK_OWNER;
+ 	}
+ 	break;
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/gdbm.spec b/gdbm.spec
index 2fcad6e497c9201a0b23bf1b58afe33483ea297a..f9b7578fc345b868d27244f6bece0d2c98ede0a7 100644
--- a/gdbm.spec
+++ b/gdbm.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:       gdbm
 Version:    1.22
-Release:    8
+Release:    9
 Epoch:      1
 Summary:    A library of database functions that work similar to the standard UNIX dbm
 License:    GPLv3+
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Patch2:     gdbm_dump-fix-command-line-error-detection.patch
 Patch3:     Fix-location-tracking-in-gdbmtool.-Fix-the-recover-c.patch
 Patch4:     Fix-coredump-in-gdbmtool-history-command.patch
 Patch5:     Fix-semantics-of-gdbm_load-r.patch
+Patch6:     Improve-handling-of-u-in-gdbm_load.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc libtool gettext readline-devel bison flex texinfo
 
@@ -104,6 +105,9 @@ fi
 %{_infodir}/*.info*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 5 2022 wangzhqiang <wangzhiqiang95@huawei.com> - 1:1.22-9
+- DESC: Improve handling of -u in gdbm_load
+
 * Mon Jul 4 2022 wangzhqiang <wangzhiqiang95@huawei.com> - 1:1.22-8
 - DESC: Fix semantics of gdbm_load -r