diff --git a/hack-ppc-yaboot.patch b/hack-ppc-yaboot.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b139fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack-ppc-yaboot.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+blerg. yaboot freaks out if there's any slashes in its config, so we
+can't boot anything with non-ascii characters in the volume name. So we
+need to remove all non-ascii chars, and do it the same way lorax does
+it.
+
+This is why lorax and pungi shouldn't both be building bootable images.
+---
+ src/pypungi/__init__.py |    9 +++++++--
+ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/pypungi/__init__.py b/src/pypungi/__init__.py
+index 1ef3b8d..dac76dd 100644
+--- a/src/pypungi/__init__.py
++++ b/src/pypungi/__init__.py
+@@ -1055,8 +1055,13 @@ class Pungi(pypungi.PungiBase):
+         # NOTE: if this doesn't match what's in the bootloader config, the
+         # image won't be bootable!
+         extraargs.append('-V')
+-        extraargs.append('%s %s %s' % (self.config.get('pungi', 'name'),
+-            self.config.get('pungi', 'version'), self.config.get('pungi', 'arch')))
++        cdlabel = '%s %s %s' % (self.config.get('pungi', 'name'),
++                                self.config.get('pungi', 'version'),
++                                self.config.get('pungi', 'arch'))
++        if self.config.get('pungi', 'arch').startswith('ppc'):
++            # special case for PPC, because yaboot is terrible
++            cdlabel = ''.join(ch if ch.isalnum() else '_' for ch in cdlabel)
++        extraargs.append(cdlabel)
+ 
+         extraargs.extend(['-o', isofile])
+         
+-- 
+1.7.7.6
+
diff --git a/pungi.spec b/pungi.spec
index d110aa37..4e7d5d87 100644
--- a/pungi.spec
+++ b/pungi.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           pungi
 Version:        2.9
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Distribution compose tool
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ URL:            https://fedorahosted.org/pungi
 Source0:        https://fedorahosted.org/pungi/attachment/wiki/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1:         0001-Fix-DVD-building-on-ppc64.patch
 Patch2:         0002-Use-a-predictable-ISO-Volume-ID-732298.patch
+PAtch3:         hack-ppc-yaboot.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Requires:       anaconda >= 14.3, yum => 3.2.19, repoview, createrepo >= 0.4.11
 Requires:       lorax
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ A tool to create anaconda based installation trees/isos of a set of rpms.
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 31 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 2.9-2
+- add patch from will woods for yaboot on ppc
+
 * Mon Jan 30 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 2.9-1
 - pass isfinal rather than is_beta to lorax