diff --git a/0001-live-media-Support-release-set-to-None-globally.patch b/0001-live-media-Support-release-set-to-None-globally.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7902b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-live-media-Support-release-set-to-None-globally.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+From 4dd1cca9449f612c35891c58f9293491135074ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Lubom=C3=ADr=20Sedl=C3=A1=C5=99?= <lsedlar@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 13:08:22 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [live-media] Support release set to None globally
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Signed-off-by: Lubomír Sedlář <lsedlar@redhat.com>
+---
+ pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py |  2 +-
+ tests/test_livemediaphase.py    | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py b/pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py
+index 1060317..c5f3ec2 100644
+--- a/pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py
++++ b/pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class LiveMediaPhase(PhaseBase):
+         },
+         {
+             "name": "live_media_release",
+-            "expected_types": [str],
++            "expected_types": [str, type(None)],
+             "optional": True,
+         }
+     )
+diff --git a/tests/test_livemediaphase.py b/tests/test_livemediaphase.py
+index 20ccdfc..493ffe2 100755
+--- a/tests/test_livemediaphase.py
++++ b/tests/test_livemediaphase.py
+@@ -14,6 +14,26 @@ from tests.helpers import DummyCompose, PungiTestCase
+ 
+ 
+ class TestLiveMediaPhase(PungiTestCase):
++
++    def test_global_config_validation(self):
++        compose = DummyCompose(self.topdir, {
++            'live_media_ksurl': 'git://example.com/repo.git#HEAD',
++            'live_media_target': 'f24',
++            'live_media_release': 'RRR',
++            'live_media_version': 'Rawhide',
++        })
++
++        phase = LiveMediaPhase(compose)
++        phase.validate()
++
++    def test_global_config_null_release(self):
++        compose = DummyCompose(self.topdir, {
++            'live_media_release': None,
++        })
++
++        phase = LiveMediaPhase(compose)
++        phase.validate()
++
+     @mock.patch('pungi.phases.livemedia_phase.ThreadPool')
+     def test_live_media_minimal(self, ThreadPool):
+         compose = DummyCompose(self.topdir, {
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/pungi.spec b/pungi.spec
index 346683f8..3dd0fb93 100644
--- a/pungi.spec
+++ b/pungi.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 Name:           pungi
 Version:        4.0.8
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Distribution compose tool
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
 License:        GPLv2
 URL:            https://pagure.io/pungi
 Source0:        https://fedorahosted.org/pungi/attachment/wiki/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:         0001-live-media-Support-release-set-to-None-globally.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  python-nose, python-nose-cov, python-mock
 BuildRequires:  python-devel, python-setuptools, python2-productmd
 BuildRequires:  python-lockfile, kobo, kobo-rpmlib, python-kickstart, createrepo_c
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ A tool to create anaconda based installation trees/isos of a set of rpms.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %{__python} setup.py build
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ nosetests --exe --with-cov --cov-report html --cov-config tox.ini
 /var/cache/pungi
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 09 2016 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 4.0.8-2
+- add patch to allow livemedia_release to be None globally
+
 * Tue Mar 08 2016 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 4.0.8-1
 - Add README (lsedlar)
 - [doc] Fix formatting (lsedlar)