diff --git a/0001-Drop-DESTDIR-from-python-instlibdir.patch b/0001-Drop-DESTDIR-from-python-instlibdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6e7120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Drop-DESTDIR-from-python-instlibdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From d40d33173dc24d9b7ad6f5071994f90b5f9a71e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
+Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:01:57 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Drop DESTDIR from python instlibdir
+
+When building packages, we install to DESTDIR but we don't want this to
+end up hard-coded in the scripts.
+
+This needs discussed upstream to find a proper solution.
+---
+ git_remote_helpers/Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/git_remote_helpers/Makefile b/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
+index 3d12232..36d40b5 100644
+--- a/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
++++ b/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install: $(pysetupfile)
+ 	$(PYTHON_PATH) $(pysetupfile) install --prefix $(DESTDIR_SQ)$(prefix)
+ 
+ instlibdir: $(pysetupfile)
+-	@echo "$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(prefix)/$(PYLIBDIR)"
++	@echo "$(prefix)/$(PYLIBDIR)"
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	$(QUIET)$(PYTHON_PATH) $(pysetupfile) $(QUIETSETUP) clean -a
+-- 
+1.8.1
+
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 898c64e..35ba2c2 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Patch1:         git-cvsimport-Ignore-cvsps-2.2b1-Branches-output.patch
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/600411
 Patch3:         git-1.7-el5-emacs-support.patch
 Patch5:         0001-git-subtree-Use-gitexecdir-instead-of-libexecdir.patch
+# This fixes the build when python is enabled.  Needs discussion upstream to
+# find a proper solution.
+Patch6:         0001-Drop-DESTDIR-from-python-instlibdir.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -261,6 +264,7 @@ Requires:       emacs-git = %{version}-%{release}
 %patch3 -p1
 %endif
 %patch5 -p1
+%patch6 -p1
 
 %if %{use_prebuilt_docs}
 mkdir -p prebuilt_docs/{html,man}
@@ -546,6 +550,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %changelog
 * Wed Mar 27 2013 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 1.8.2-2
 - Require perl(Term::ReadKey) for git add --interactive (#928328)
+- Drop DESTDIR from python instlibdir
 
 * Tue Mar 19 2013 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> - 1.8.2-1
 - update to 1.8.2