diff --git a/ghostscript.spec b/ghostscript.spec
index 7b522d6..e5fae87 100644
--- a/ghostscript.spec
+++ b/ghostscript.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Summary: A PostScript interpreter and renderer
 Name: ghostscript
 Version: %{gs_ver}
 
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 
 # Included CMap data is Redistributable, no modification permitted,
 # see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/487510
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ from8859_1() {
         iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 < "$1" > "${1}_"
         mv "${1}_" "$1"
 }
-for i in man/de/*.1; do from8859_1 "$i"; done
+for i in man/de/*.1; do
+  if [ "$(file --brief --mime-encoding "$i")" = iso-8859-1 ]; then
+    from8859_1 "$i"
+  fi
+done
 
 # Convert ps files to UTF-8
 for i in examples/cjk/gsc*.ps; do from8859_1 "$i"; done
@@ -329,6 +333,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/libgs.so
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep  4 2012 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 9.06-2
+- Fixed encoding of German ps2pdf man page (bug #853764).
+
 * Wed Aug  8 2012 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 9.06-1
 - 9.06.