diff --git a/man-db-2.5.9-sgr.patch b/man-db-2.5.9-sgr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a41cd21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man-db-2.5.9-sgr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -up man-db-2.5.9/include/manconfig.h.in.sgr man-db-2.5.9/include/manconfig.h.in
+--- man-db-2.5.9/include/manconfig.h.in.sgr	2010-11-17 12:30:36.000000000 +0100
++++ man-db-2.5.9/include/manconfig.h.in	2010-11-24 11:29:57.000000000 +0100
+@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
+ 
+ #ifndef NROFF_MISSING
+ #  ifndef NROFF
+-#    define NROFF 	"@nroff@"
++#    define NROFF 	"@nroff@ -c"
+ #  endif
+ #endif
+ 
+diff -up man-db-2.5.9/src/man_db.conf.in.sgr man-db-2.5.9/src/man_db.conf.in
+--- man-db-2.5.9/src/man_db.conf.in.sgr	2009-03-15 13:17:24.000000000 +0100
++++ man-db-2.5.9/src/man_db.conf.in	2010-11-24 11:27:45.000000000 +0100
+@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ MANDB_MAP	/opt/man		/var/cache/man/opt
+ #DEFINE 	tr	@tr@ '\255\267\264\327' '\055\157\047\170'
+ #DEFINE		grep	@grep@
+ #DEFINE 	troff 	@troff@
+-#DEFINE 	nroff 	@nroff@
++#DEFINE 	nroff 	@nroff@ -c
+ #DEFINE 	eqn 	@eqn@
+ #DEFINE 	neqn	@neqn@
+ #DEFINE 	tbl 	@tbl@
diff --git a/man-db.spec b/man-db.spec
index a15a454..36f2729 100644
--- a/man-db.spec
+++ b/man-db.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Tools for searching and reading man pages
 Name: man-db
 Version: 2.5.9
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 # project man-db  GPLv2+
 # Gnulib part     GPLv3+
 License: GPLv2+ and GPLv3+
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Source0: http://mirrors.igsobe.com/nongnu/man-db/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: man-db.crondaily
 Source2: man-db.sysconfig
 Patch0: man-db-2.5.9-config.patch
+# Resolves: #655385 - use old format of nroff output
+Patch1: man-db-2.5.9-sgr.patch
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Obsoletes: man < 2.0
 Provides: man-pages-reader = %{version}
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ manual pages.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .conf
+%patch1 -p1 -b .sgr
 
 %build
 %configure\
@@ -113,6 +116,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %lang(ja)   %{_datadir}/man/ja/man*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 24 2010 Ivana Hutarova Varekova <varekova@redhat.com> - 2.5.9-2
+- Resolves: #655385 - use old format of nroff output
+
 * Mon Nov 22 2010 Ivana Hutarova Varekova <varekova@redhat.com> - 2.5.9-1
 - update to 2.5.9