diff --git a/system-config-printer-cupspk-fileget-tmp.patch b/system-config-printer-cupspk-fileget-tmp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a62e110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-config-printer-cupspk-fileget-tmp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff -up system-config-printer-1.2.2/asyncpk1.py.cupspk-fileget-tmp system-config-printer-1.2.2/asyncpk1.py
+--- system-config-printer-1.2.2/asyncpk1.py.cupspk-fileget-tmp	2010-05-07 15:19:03.000000000 +0100
++++ system-config-printer-1.2.2/asyncpk1.py	2010-05-13 13:00:57.759093485 +0100
+@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ class _WriteToTmpFile:
+     def __init__ (self, kwds, reply_handler, error_handler):
+         self._reply_handler = reply_handler
+         self._error_handler = error_handler
+-        (tmpfd, tmpfname) = tempfile.mkstemp ()
++
++        # Create the temporary file in /tmp to ensure that
++        # cups-pk-helper-mechanism is able to write to it.
++        (tmpfd, tmpfname) = tempfile.mkstemp (dir="/tmp")
+         os.close (tmpfd)
+         self._filename = tmpfname
+         debugprint ("Created tempfile %s" % tmpfname)
+diff -up system-config-printer-1.2.2/cupspk.py.cupspk-fileget-tmp system-config-printer-1.2.2/cupspk.py
+--- system-config-printer-1.2.2/cupspk.py.cupspk-fileget-tmp	2010-04-15 00:11:33.000000000 +0100
++++ system-config-printer-1.2.2/cupspk.py	2010-05-13 13:00:57.760093336 +0100
+@@ -385,7 +385,9 @@ class Connection:
+                     filename = None
+ 
+         if (not use_pycups) and (fd != None or file_object != None):
+-            (tmpfd, tmpfname) = tempfile.mkstemp()
++            # Create the temporary file in /tmp to ensure that
++            # cups-pk-helper-mechanism is able to write to it.
++            (tmpfd, tmpfname) = tempfile.mkstemp(dir="/tmp")
+             os.close (tmpfd)
+ 
+             pk_args = (resource, tmpfname)
diff --git a/system-config-printer.spec b/system-config-printer.spec
index 98573af..a3a5b4f 100644
--- a/system-config-printer.spec
+++ b/system-config-printer.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Summary: A printer administration tool
 Name: system-config-printer
 Version: 1.2.2
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://cyberelk.net/tim/software/system-config-printer/
 Group: System Environment/Base
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Source1: http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/pycups/pycups-%{pycups_version}.tar.bz2
 Source2: http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/pysmbc/pysmbc-%{pysmbc_version}.tar.bz2
 
 Patch1: system-config-printer-no-epydoc.patch
+Patch2: system-config-printer-cupspk-fileget-tmp.patch
 
 Patch100: system-config-printer-pycups-build.patch
 Patch101: pycups-add-getJobs-requested-attrs.patch
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ printers.
 # Don't require epydoc.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .no-epydoc
 
+# cups-pk-helper FileGet method requires directory it can write to
+# (bug #587744).
+%patch2 -p1 -b .cupspk-fileget-tmp
+
 pushd pycups-%{pycups_version}
 
 # Fixed pycups build with new distutils.
@@ -209,6 +214,10 @@ rm -rf %buildroot
 exit 0
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 13 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1.2.2-2
+- cups-pk-helper FileGet method requires directory it can write to
+  (bug #587744).
+
 * Fri May  7 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1.2.2-1
 - Updated to 1.2.2:
   - Check we are connected to the local server for server firewall