diff --git a/backport-make-lib-version-work.patch b/backport-make-lib-version-work.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..70b6b2f0faa4270a0c4728db0fb5559504af66ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-make-lib-version-work.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+From e0dab4843ded8af172c2566b4d7313a1a13e7e26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
+Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:19:56 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Make --lib-version work again.
+
+* src/gpg-error.c (main): Add printing code.
+--
+
+This was lost while changing to the included option parser back in
+2018.  The new code also does some prettying of the output.
+
+Fixes-commit: 11ce9bc3d6fe75859e18112824ae7ec3ca0fc8df
+Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+Conflict:NA
+Reference:https://github.com/gpg/libgpg-error/commit/e0dab4843ded8af172c2566b4d7313a1a13e7e26
+---
+ src/gpg-error.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/gpg-error.c b/src/gpg-error.c
+index cc92c10..4e8bd8b 100644
+--- a/src/gpg-error.c
++++ b/src/gpg-error.c
+@@ -571,9 +571,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+   gpgrt_argparse_t pargs = { &argc, &argv };
+ 
+   int i;
++  int libversion = 0;
+   int listmode = 0;
+   int localemode = 0;
+   int desc = 0;
++  const char *s, *s2;
+   const char *source_sym;
+   const char *error_sym;
+   gpg_error_t err;
+@@ -588,7 +590,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+     {
+       switch (pargs.r_opt)
+         {
+-        case CMD_LIB_VERSION: break;
++        case CMD_LIB_VERSION: libversion = 1; break;
+         case CMD_LIST:       listmode = 1; break;
+         case CMD_DEFINES:    listmode = 2; break;
+         case CMD_LOCALE:     localemode = 1; break;
+@@ -598,7 +600,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+     }
+   gpgrt_argparse (NULL, &pargs, NULL);  /* Free internal memory.  */
+ 
+-  if (localemode)
++  if (libversion)
++    {
++      if (argc)
++        gpgrt_usage (1);
++    }
++  else if (localemode)
+     {
+       if (argc > 1)
+         gpgrt_usage (1);
+@@ -606,7 +613,33 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+   else if ((argc && listmode) || (!argc && !listmode))
+     gpgrt_usage (1);
+ 
+-  if (localemode)
++
++  if (libversion)
++    {
++      argc--; argv++;
++      printf ("Version from header: %s (0x%06x)\n",
++              GPG_ERROR_VERSION, GPG_ERROR_VERSION_NUMBER);
++      printf ("Version from binary: %s\n", gpg_error_check_version (NULL));
++      s = gpg_error_check_version ("\x01\x01");
++      while (*s && *s == '\n')
++        s++;
++      fputs ("Copyright blurb ...: ", stdout);
++      for (; *s; s++)
++        {
++          if (*s == '\n')
++            {
++              for (s2=s+1; *s2 == '\n'; s2++)
++                ;
++              if (!*s2)
++                break;  /* Cut off trailing LFs.  */
++              fputs ("\n                     ", stdout);
++            }
++          else
++            putc (*s, stdout);
++        }
++      putc ('\n', stdout);
++    }
++  else if (localemode)
+     {
+ #if HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
+       if (argc)
diff --git a/libgpg-error.spec b/libgpg-error.spec
index eda264a602c6e5f72543900fd7af17b7d427623a..22e4c470069cce3375427b62ddf6e0748562a6c5 100644
--- a/libgpg-error.spec
+++ b/libgpg-error.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           libgpg-error
 Version:        1.38
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Summary:        Library for common error values and messages in GnuPG components.
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Source1:	https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch6000: 	libgpg-error-1.29-multilib.patch
 Patch6001:	bugfix-corss-build-into-a-seperate-build-dir.patch
 Patch6002:	bugfix-corss-build-detec-hosts-objdump.patch
+Patch6003:      backport-make-lib-version-work.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc gawk, gettext, autoconf, automake, gettext-devel, libtool,  texinfo, gettext-autopoint hostname
 
@@ -75,6 +76,12 @@ make check
 %{_mandir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 05 2024 yanglu <yanglu72@h-partners.com> - 1.38-3
+- Type:bugfix
+- Id:NA
+- SUG:NA
+- DESC:make the lib-version option work
+
 * Thu Sep 30 2021 zhanzhimin <zhanzhimin@huawei.com> - 1.38-2
 - Type:bugfix
 - Id:NA