diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 72ec9fc666..e98ae208a4 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/glibc-bootstrap-system.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/glibc-locales.patch			\
+  gnu/packages/patches/glibc-o-largefile.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/gmp-arm-asm-nothumb.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gnutls-doc-fix.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 76fd1115eb..e2d4727c9c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -471,7 +471,9 @@ store.")
                 (("use_ldconfig=yes")
                  "use_ldconfig=no")))
             (modules '((guix build utils)))
-            (patches (list (search-patch "glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch")))))
+            (patches (map search-patch
+                          '("glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch"
+                            "glibc-o-largefile.patch")))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
    ;; Glibc's <limits.h> refers to <linux/limit.h>, for instance, so glibc
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-o-largefile.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-o-largefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b0ae8c8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-o-largefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+This fixes <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18781>
+whereby, on 32-bit platforms, libc 2.22 would fail to pass O_LARGEFILE
+to 'openat'.  This was caught by 'tests/sparse03.at' in the tar
+test suite.
+
+commit eb32b0d40308166c4d8f6330cc2958cb1e545075
+Author: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
+Date:   Mon Aug 10 14:12:47 2015 +0200
+
+    Readd O_LARGEFILE flag for openat64 (bug 18781)
+
+--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/openat.c
++++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/openat.c
+@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ __OPENAT (int fd, const char *file, int oflag, ...)
+       va_end (arg);
+     }
+ 
++  /* We have to add the O_LARGEFILE flag for openat64.  */
++#ifdef MORE_OFLAGS
++  oflag |= MORE_OFLAGS;
++#endif
++
+   return SYSCALL_CANCEL (openat, fd, file, oflag, mode);
+ }
+ libc_hidden_def (__OPENAT)