diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index cf71e9e..2a52b87 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Patch1: icu-gcc41.patch
 Patch2: icu-config
 Patch3: icu-3.4-multiarchdevel.patch
 Patch4: icu-3.4-sinhala1.patch
+Patch5: rh190879.patch
 
 %description
 The International Components for Unicode (ICU) libraries provide
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ Group:          Documentation
 %patch1 -p1 -b .gcc41
 %patch3 -p1 -b .multiarchdevel
 %patch4 -p1 -b .sinhala1
+%patch5 -p1 -b .rh190879
 
 %build
 cd source
@@ -133,6 +135,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 09 2006 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 3.4-9
+- rh#190879# backport fix
+
 * Wed May 03 2006 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 3.4-8
 - add Harshula's icu-3.4-sinhala1.patch for some Sinhala support