diff --git a/resize/ChangeLog b/resize/ChangeLog
index ac341055..29b45646 100644
--- a/resize/ChangeLog
+++ b/resize/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+2002-03-31    <tytso@mit.edu>
+
+	* main.c (main): If we are resizing a plain file which is smaller
+		than the requested size, then we will attempt to
+		transparently extend the filesize in a sparse fashion by
+		writing a block at the end of the requested part of the
+		filesystem.
+
+	* main.c (main), resize2fs.c (resize_fs), resize2fs.h: Change the
+		function prototype of resize_fs() so that it can modify
+		the new_size parameter with the actual new size of the
+		filesystem after the resize operation.  (This can
+		sometimes be less than the requested new size if there
+		isn't enough space to create the necessary block group
+		metadata for that last bit of disk space.)  Resize2fs now
+		prints the actual new size of the filesystem when it finishes.
+
 2002-03-08  Theodore Tso  <tytso@mit.edu>
 
 	* Release of E2fsprogs 1.27
diff --git a/resize/main.c b/resize/main.c
index cff2d0f6..238e799c 100644
--- a/resize/main.c
+++ b/resize/main.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ extern char *optarg;
 extern int optind;
 #endif
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include "resize2fs.h"
 
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	blk_t		max_size = 0;
 	io_manager	io_ptr;
 	char		*tmp;
+	struct stat	st_buf;
 	
 	initialize_ext2_error_table();
 
@@ -223,6 +225,21 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	}
 	if (!new_size)
 		new_size = max_size;
+	/*
+	 * If we are resizing a plain file, and it's not big enough,
+	 * automatically extend it in a sparse fashion by writing the
+	 * last requested block.
+	 */
+	if ((new_size > max_size) &&
+	    (stat(device_name, &st_buf) == 0) &&
+	    S_ISREG(st_buf.st_mode) &&
+	    ((tmp = malloc(fs->blocksize)) != 0)) {
+		memset(tmp, 0, fs->blocksize);
+		retval = io_channel_write_blk(fs->io, new_size-1, 1, tmp);
+		if (retval == 0)
+			max_size = new_size;
+		free(tmp);
+	}
 	if (!force && (new_size > max_size)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("The containing partition (or device)"
 			" is only %d blocks.\nYou requested a new size"
@@ -240,7 +257,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 			device_name);
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	retval = resize_fs(fs, new_size, flags,
+	retval = resize_fs(fs, &new_size, flags,
 			   ((flags & RESIZE_PERCENT_COMPLETE) ?
 			    resize_progress_func : 0));
 	if (retval) {
diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.c b/resize/resize2fs.c
index 830347cd..42ba4706 100644
--- a/resize/resize2fs.c
+++ b/resize/resize2fs.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static errcode_t ext2fs_calculate_summary_stats(ext2_filsys fs);
 /*
  * This is the top-level routine which does the dirty deed....
  */
-errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t new_size, int flags,
+errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t *new_size, int flags,
 		    errcode_t (*progress)(ext2_resize_t rfs, int pass,
 				     unsigned long cur,
 				     unsigned long max_val))
@@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t new_size, int flags,
 	if (retval)
 		goto errout;
 
-	retval = adjust_superblock(rfs, new_size);
+	retval = adjust_superblock(rfs, *new_size);
 	if (retval)
 		goto errout;
 
+	*new_size = rfs->new_fs->super->s_blocks_count;
+
 	retval = blocks_to_move(rfs);
 	if (retval)
 		goto errout;
diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.h b/resize/resize2fs.h
index 61d4fe80..712475a4 100644
--- a/resize/resize2fs.h
+++ b/resize/resize2fs.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct ext2_resize_struct {
 
 
 /* prototypes */
-extern errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t new_size, int flags,
+extern errcode_t resize_fs(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t *new_size, int flags,
 			   errcode_t	(*progress)(ext2_resize_t rfs,
 					    int pass, unsigned long cur,
 					    unsigned long max));