diff --git a/perl-Tk-XIM.patch b/perl-Tk-XIM.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af411be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl-Tk-XIM.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+2009-03-19  Stepan Kasal  <skasal@redhat.com>
+
+Fix keyboard input with XIM, r12589 from
+http://svn.perl.org/modules/Tk/trunk
+
+Index: Tk/pTk/mTk/unix/tkUnixEvent.c
+===================================================================
+--- Tk/pTk/mTk/unix/tkUnixEvent.c	(revision 12588)
++++ Tk/pTk/mTk/unix/tkUnixEvent.c	(revision 12589)
+@@ -305,22 +305,26 @@
+  */
+ 
+ static void
+-TransferXEventsToTcl(display)
+-    Display *display;
++TransferXEventsToTcl(
++    Display *display)
+ {
+-    int numFound;
+     XEvent event;
+ 
+-    numFound = QLength(display);
+-
+     /*
+-     * Transfer events from the X event queue to the Tk event queue.
++     * Transfer events from the X event queue to the Tk event queue after XIM
++     * event filtering. KeyPress and KeyRelease events are filtered in
++     * Tk_HandleEvent instead of here, so that Tk's focus management code can
++     * redirect them.
+      */
+ 
+-    while (numFound > 0) {
++    while (QLength(display) > 0) {
+ 	XNextEvent(display, &event);
++	if (event.type != KeyPress && event.type != KeyRelease) {
++	    if (XFilterEvent(&event, None)) {
++		continue;
++	    }
++	}
+ 	Tk_QueueWindowEvent(&event, TCL_QUEUE_TAIL);
+-	numFound--;
+     }
+ }
+ 
+Index: Tk/pTk/mTk/generic/tkEvent.c
+===================================================================
+--- Tk/pTk/mTk/generic/tkEvent.c	(revision 12588)
++++ Tk/pTk/mTk/generic/tkEvent.c	(revision 12589)
+@@ -945,8 +945,10 @@
+ #endif
+ 	    }
+ 	}
+-	if (XFilterEvent(eventPtr, None)) {
+-	    goto done;
++	if (eventPtr->type == KeyPress || eventPtr->type == KeyRelease) {
++	    if (XFilterEvent(eventPtr, None)) {
++		goto done;
++	    }
+ 	}
+     }
+ #endif /* TK_USE_INPUT_METHODS */
diff --git a/perl-Tk.spec b/perl-Tk.spec
index 91b1d21..8a765b9 100644
--- a/perl-Tk.spec
+++ b/perl-Tk.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           perl-Tk
 Version:        804.028
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        Perl Graphical User Interface ToolKit
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Patch0:         perl-Tk-widget.patch
 Patch1:         perl-Tk-debian.patch.gz
 # fix segfaults as in #235666 because of broken cashing code
 Patch2:         perl-Tk-seg.patch
+# fix interaction with XIM, bug #489228, upstream change r12589
+Patch3:		perl-Tk-XIM.patch
 
 # fix gif overflow in tk see CVE-2006-4484 and CVE-2007-6697 or #431518 and
 # #431529
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ chmod -x pod/Popup.pod Tixish/lib/Tk/balArrow.xbm
 %patch1 -p1
 # patch to fix #235666 ... seems like caching code is broken
 %patch2 -p1 -b .seg
+%patch3 -p1 -b .xim
 %patch100
 
 %build
@@ -102,6 +105,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %exclude %{perl_vendorarch}/Tk/reindex.pl
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 19 2009 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> - 804.028-7
+- perl-Tk-XIM.patch (#489228)
+
 * Thu Feb 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 804.028-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild