diff --git a/devhelp-load-uris.patch b/devhelp-load-uris.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0e5d60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devhelp-load-uris.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Index: src/dh-parser.c
+===================================================================
+--- src/dh-parser.c	(revision 1263)
++++ src/dh-parser.c	(working copy)
+@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
+ {
+         gint         i;
+         gint         line, col;
++        gchar       *tmp_base;
+         const gchar *title = NULL;
+         const gchar *base = NULL;
+         const gchar *name = NULL;
+@@ -126,11 +127,18 @@
+         }
+ 
+         if (base) {
+-                parser->base = g_strdup (base);
++                tmp_base = g_strdup (base);
+         } else {
+-                parser->base = g_path_get_dirname (parser->path);
++                tmp_base = g_path_get_dirname (parser->path);
+         }
++        parser->base = g_filename_to_uri (tmp_base, NULL, NULL);
+ 
++        /* In case the conversion didn't work */
++        if (parser->base)
++        	g_free (tmp_base);
++	else
++		parser->base = tmp_base;
++
+         link = dh_link_new (DH_LINK_TYPE_BOOK,
+                             parser->base,
+                             name,
diff --git a/devhelp.spec b/devhelp.spec
index eccbec5..7ac41dc 100644
--- a/devhelp.spec
+++ b/devhelp.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ BuildRequires: libwnck-devel >= %{libwnck_version}
 BuildRequires: gtk2-devel
 BuildRequires: WebKit-gtk-devel
 
+# http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572022
+Patch0: devhelp-load-uris.patch
+
 %description
 Devhelp is an API documentation browser for the GNOME desktop. 
 It works natively with API documentation generated by gtk-doc.
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ into other applications such as IDEs.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n devhelp-%{version}
+%patch0 -p0 -b .uris
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static
@@ -132,6 +136,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 16 2009 - Bastien Nocera <bnocera@redhat.com> - 0.23-3
+- Fix displaying web pages, WebKit doesn't like local filenames as URIs
+
 * Fri Jan 23 2009 Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com> - 0.23-2
 - Cosmetic spec fixes