diff --git a/help2man.spec b/help2man.spec
index d183949..e08d9ce 100644
--- a/help2man.spec
+++ b/help2man.spec
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
 Name:           help2man
 Summary:        Create simple man pages from --help output
 Version:        1.36.4
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Group:          Development/Tools
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man
 Source:         ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/help2man-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+# Work around to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494089
+Patch0:         help2man-1.36.4.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %{!?_with_nls:BuildArch: noarch}
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ still providing some useful information.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n help2man-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t utf-8 THANKS > THANKS~
 mv THANKS~ THANKS
 
@@ -82,6 +86,10 @@ fi
 %lang(sv) %{_mandir}/sv/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 18 2009 corsepiu@fedoraproject.org> - 1.36.4-4
+- Apply patch from http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237378#c6
+  to address BZ #494089.
+
 * Tue Feb 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.36.4-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild