diff --git a/components/provisioning/warewulf-provision/SOURCES/warewulf-provision.wwgetvnfs.patch b/components/provisioning/warewulf-provision/SOURCES/warewulf-provision.wwgetvnfs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee225bc53a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/provisioning/warewulf-provision/SOURCES/warewulf-provision.wwgetvnfs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- warewulf-provision-3.7/initramfs/capabilities/transport-http/wwgetvnfs	2017-02-22 09:32:02.000000000 -0800
++++ warewulf-provision-3.7.patch/initramfs/capabilities/transport-http/wwgetvnfs	2017-02-25 11:03:08.000000000 -0800
+@@ -27,12 +27,19 @@
+         fi
+ 
+         gunzip < /tmp/vnfs-download | bsdtar -pxf - &
++	WAIT_PID=$!
++	
+         #gunzip < /tmp/vnfs-download | tar -xf - &
+ 
+         wget -O /tmp/vnfs-download http://$master/WW/vnfs?hwaddr=$WWINIT_HWADDR 2>&1
+         WGETEXIT=$?
+ 
+-        wait
++	if [ $WGETEXIT -ne 0 ];then
++	    kill -9 $WAIT_PID
++	    continue
++	fi
++
++        wait $WAIT_PID
+         if [ -f "$NEWROOT/sbin/init" ]; then
+             echo
+             exit 0
diff --git a/components/provisioning/warewulf-provision/SPECS/warewulf-provision.spec b/components/provisioning/warewulf-provision/SPECS/warewulf-provision.spec
index 3a5d13eac6..6d094f1670 100644
--- a/components/provisioning/warewulf-provision/SPECS/warewulf-provision.spec
+++ b/components/provisioning/warewulf-provision/SPECS/warewulf-provision.spec
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{?_tmppath}%{!?_tmppath:/var/tmp}/%{pname}-%{version}-%{release}-roo
 DocDir: %{OHPC_PUB}/doc/contrib
 Patch1: warewulf-provision.httpdconfdir.patch
 Patch2: warewulf-provision.sles_stateful.patch
+Patch3: warewulf-provision.wwgetvnfs.patch
 
 %description
 Warewulf >= 3 is a set of utilities designed to better enable
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ cd %{dname}
 ./autogen.sh
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 %build
 cd %{dname}