diff --git a/icu.icuXXXX.malayalam.bysyllable.patch b/icu.icuXXXX.malayalam.bysyllable.patch
index ff89218..eb54425 100644
--- a/icu.icuXXXX.malayalam.bysyllable.patch
+++ b/icu.icuXXXX.malayalam.bysyllable.patch
@@ -243,3 +243,18 @@ diff -ruN icu.orig/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.h icu/source/layout/Malay
 +U_NAMESPACE_END
 +#endif
 +
+diff -ru icu.orig/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.cpp icu/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.cpp
+--- icu.orig/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.cpp	2007-11-28 10:44:11.000000000 +0000
++++ icu/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.cpp	2007-11-28 11:40:18.000000000 +0000
+@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
+ {
+     if (fInsertionList) applyInsertions();
+     if (from.fInsertionList) from.applyInsertions();
++    if ((!fInsertionList) && (from.fInsertionList))
++    {
++        fInsertionList = from.fInsertionList;
++        from.fInsertionList = NULL;
++    }
+ 
+     if (!from.fGlyphCount)
+         return;
diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index ce8cbf1..1bc7d44 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:      icu
 Version:   3.8
-Release:   3%{?dist}
+Release:   4%{?dist}
 Summary:   International Components for Unicode
 Group:     Development/Tools
 License:   MIT
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc source/__docs/%{name}/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 28 2007 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 3.8-4
+- Resolves: ooo#83991 Malayalam "Kartika" font fix
+
 * Tue Nov 13 2007 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 3.8-3
 - add icu.openoffice.org.patch