diff --git a/0003-mvapich23-replace-deprecated-sys_siglist-with-strsignal.patch b/0003-mvapich23-replace-deprecated-sys_siglist-with-strsignal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1916e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0003-mvapich23-replace-deprecated-sys_siglist-with-strsignal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 8b9aa396f1835f57d0c279252361d47be89dbba1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: zhanghua1831 <zhanghua1831@163.com>
+Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:30:31 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix build error, replace deprecated sys_siglist with
+strsignal
+
+---
+ src/mpid/ch3/channels/common/src/util/error_handling.c | 2 +-
+ src/pm/mpirun/mpispawn.c                               | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/mpid/ch3/channels/common/src/util/error_handling.c b/src/mpid/ch3/channels/common/src/util/error_handling.c
+index eab21a8..2a40dc5 100644
+--- a/src/mpid/ch3/channels/common/src/util/error_handling.c
++++ b/src/mpid/ch3/channels/common/src/util/error_handling.c
+@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int show_backtrace = 0;
+ // Signal handler for errors
+ void error_sighandler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *secret) {
+     // Always print error
+-    PRINT_ERROR( "Caught error: %s (signal %d)\n", sys_siglist[sig], sig );
++    PRINT_ERROR( "Caught error: %s (signal %d)\n", strsignal(sig), sig );
+     // Show backtrace if required
+     if (show_backtrace) print_backtrace();
+     // Raise the signal again with default handler
+diff --git a/src/pm/mpirun/mpispawn.c b/src/pm/mpirun/mpispawn.c
+index 45e14be..6b38561 100644
+--- a/src/pm/mpirun/mpispawn.c
++++ b/src/pm/mpirun/mpispawn.c
+@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ void child_handler(int signal)
+     gethostname(my_host_name, MAX_HOST_LEN);
+ 
+     rank = mt_id;
+-    PRINT_DEBUG(DEBUG_Fork_verbose, "mpispawn child_handler: got signal %d: %s\n", signal, sys_siglist[signal]);
++    PRINT_DEBUG(DEBUG_Fork_verbose, "mpispawn child_handler: got signal %d: %s\n", signal, strsignal(signal));
+     while (1) {
+         do {
+             pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG);
+-- 
+2.23.0
+
diff --git a/mvapich2.spec b/mvapich2.spec
index a292ee0..b768e6d 100644
--- a/mvapich2.spec
+++ b/mvapich2.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:            mvapich2
 Version:         2.3
-Release:         8
+Release:         9
 Summary:         OSU MVAPICH2 MPI package
 License:         BSD and MIT
 URL:             http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source1:         mvapich2.module.in
 Source2:         mvapich2.macros.in
 Patch0001:       0001-mvapich23-unbundle-contrib-hwloc.patch
 Patch0002:       0002-mvapich23-unbundle-osu_benchmarks.patch
+Patch0003:       0003-mvapich23-replace-deprecated-sys_siglist-with-strsignal.patch
 BuildRequires:   gcc-gfortran python3-devel
 BuildRequires:   bison flex autoconf automake libtool
 BuildRequires:   perl-Digest-MD5 hwloc-devel rdma-core-devel
@@ -253,6 +254,9 @@ cd ..
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 27 2021 zhanghua <zhanghua40@huawei.com> - 2.3-9
+- fix build error, replace deprecated sys_siglist with strsignal
+
 * Tue Jul 28 2020 lingsheng <lingsheng@huawei.com> - 2.3-8
 - Synchronize buildrequire.