diff --git a/docutils-0.8.patch b/docutils-0.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d85c82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docutils-0.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+------------------------
+diff -r 6c54df68d1de doc/hgmanpage.py
+--- a/doc/hgmanpage.py     Thu Jun 02 08:41:01 2011 -0500
++++ b/doc/hgmanpage.py     Thu Jun 02 08:45:18 2011 -0500
+@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
+ 
+ from docutils import nodes, writers, languages
+ import roman
++import inspect
+ 
+ FIELD_LIST_INDENT = 7
+ DEFINITION_LIST_INDENT = 7
+@@ -160,7 +161,11 @@
+         nodes.NodeVisitor.__init__(self, document)
+         self.settings = settings = document.settings
+         lcode = settings.language_code
+-        self.language = languages.get_language(lcode)
++        arglen=len(inspect.getargspec(languages.get_language)[0])
++        if arglen == 2:
++          self.language = languages.get_language(lcode,self.document.reporter)
++        else:
++          self.language = languages.get_language(lcode)
+         self.head = []
+         self.body = []
+         self.foot = []