--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/gzip/lib/getdtablesize.c b/gzip/lib/getdtablesize.c
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..a565a2d
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/gzip/lib/getdtablesize.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
++/* getdtablesize() function for platforms that don't have it.
++ Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
++ Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2008.
++
++ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
++ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
++ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
++ (at your option) any later version.
++
++ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
++ GNU General Public License for more details.
++
++ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
++ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
++
++#include <config.h>
++
++/* Specification. */
++#include <unistd.h>
++
++#if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
++
++#include <stdio.h>
++
++/* Cache for the previous getdtablesize () result. */
++static int dtablesize;
++
++int
++getdtablesize (void)
++{
++ if (dtablesize == 0)
++ {
++ /* We are looking for the number N such that the valid file descriptors
++ are 0..N-1. It can be obtained through a loop as follows:
++ {
++ int fd;
++ for (fd = 3; fd < 65536; fd++)
++ if (dup2 (0, fd) == -1)
++ break;
++ return fd;
++ }
++ On Windows XP, the result is 2048.
++ The drawback of this loop is that it allocates memory for a libc
++ internal array that is never freed.
++
++ The number N can also be obtained as the upper bound for
++ _getmaxstdio (). _getmaxstdio () returns the maximum number of open
++ FILE objects. The sanity check in _setmaxstdio reveals the maximum
++ number of file descriptors. This too allocates memory, but it is
++ freed when we call _setmaxstdio with the original value. */
++ int orig_max_stdio = _getmaxstdio ();
++ unsigned int bound;
++ for (bound = 0x10000; _setmaxstdio (bound) < 0; bound = bound / 2)
++ ;
++ _setmaxstdio (orig_max_stdio);
++ dtablesize = bound;
++ }
++ return dtablesize;
++}
++
++#endif
+diff --git a/lib/Makefile.in b/lib/Makefile.in
+index 1b42ddb..d71b78f 100644
+--- a/lib/Makefile.in
++++ b/lib/Makefile.in
+@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/m4/00gnulib.m4 \
+ $(top_srcdir)/m4/ftello.m4 \
+ $(top_srcdir)/m4/getcwd-abort-bug.m4 \
+ $(top_srcdir)/m4/getcwd-path-max.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/getcwd.m4 \
++ $(top_srcdir)/m4/getdtablesize.m4 \
+ $(top_srcdir)/m4/getopt.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/gettime.m4 \
+ $(top_srcdir)/m4/gettimeofday.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/glibc21.m4 \
+ $(top_srcdir)/m4/gnu-make.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/gnulib-common.m4 \
+@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = alloca.in.h $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/announce-gen \
+ fpucw.h fpurge.c stdio-impl.h freadahead.h stdio-impl.h \
+ freading.h stdio-impl.h frexp.c frexp.c frexpl.c fseeko.c \
+ stdio-impl.h fseterr.h stdio-impl.h ftello.c \
+- $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/gendocs.sh getcwd.c getopt.c \
++ $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/gendocs.sh getcwd.c getopt.c getdtablesize.c \
+ getopt.in.h getopt1.c getopt_int.h gettime.c gettimeofday.c \
+ $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/git-version-gen \
+ $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog \
+@@ -975,6 +976,7 @@ EXTRA_libgzip_a_SOURCES = calloc.c calloc.c chdir-long.c chown.c \
+ error.c exitfail.c fchdir.c fclose.c fcntl.c creat-safer.c \
+ open-safer.c fdopendir.c openat-proc.c fflush.c fpending.c \
+ fprintf.c fpurge.c frexp.c frexp.c frexpl.c fseeko.c ftello.c \
++ getdtablesize.c \
+ getcwd.c getopt.c getopt1.c gettime.c gettimeofday.c isnan.c \
+ isnand.c isnan.c isnanf.c isnan.c isnanl.c lchown.c lseek.c \
+ lstat.c malloc.c malloc.c mbrtowc.c mbsinit.c memchr.c \
+diff --git a/gzip/m4/getdtablesize.m4 b/gzip/m4/getdtablesize.m4
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..d238628
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/gzip/m4/getdtablesize.m4
+@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
++# getdtablesize.m4 serial 1
++dnl Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
++dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
++dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
++dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
++
++AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETDTABLESIZE],
++[
++ AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
++ AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([getdtablesize])
++ if test $ac_cv_func_getdtablesize != yes; then
++ HAVE_GETDTABLESIZE=0
++ AC_LIBOBJ([getdtablesize])
++ fi
++])