diff --git a/unbound-1.4.12-pythonmod.patch b/unbound-1.4.12-pythonmod.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc9927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unbound-1.4.12-pythonmod.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pythonmod/pythonmod.c.orig	2011-08-08 20:45:48.344987246 +0200
++++ pythonmod/pythonmod.c	2011-08-08 21:31:41.429025557 +0200
+@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@
+    }
+    PyRun_SimpleString("sys.path.append('"RUN_DIR"') \n");
+    PyRun_SimpleString("sys.path.append('"SHARE_DIR"') \n");
++   PyRun_SimpleString("import sysconfig \n");
++   PyRun_SimpleString("sys.path.append(sysconfig.get_path('purelib')) \n");
+    if (PyRun_SimpleString("from unboundmodule import *\n") < 0)
+    {
+       log_err("pythonmod: cannot initialize core module: unboundmodule.py"); 
diff --git a/unbound.spec b/unbound.spec
index c52045a..165560f 100644
--- a/unbound.spec
+++ b/unbound.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Summary: Validating, recursive, and caching DNS(SEC) resolver
 Name: unbound
 Version: 1.4.12
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Url: http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/unbound/
 Source: http://www.unbound.net/downloads/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Source4: unbound_munin_
 Source5: root.key
 Source6: dlv.isc.org.key
 Patch1: unbound-1.2-glob.patch
+Patch2: unbound-1.4.12-pythonmod.patch
 
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -93,10 +94,11 @@ Python modules and extensions for unbound
 %prep
 %setup -q 
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p0
 
 %build
 %configure  --with-ldns= --with-libevent --with-pthreads --with-ssl \
-            --disable-rpath --enable-XXXdebug --disable-static \
+            --disable-rpath --disable-static \
             --with-conf-file=%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/unbound.conf \
             --with-pidfile=%{_localstatedir}/run/%{name}/%{name}.pid \
 %if %{with_python}
@@ -199,6 +201,11 @@ fi
 %postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 08 2011 Paul Wouters <paul@xelerance.com> - 1.4.12-2
+- Fix for python module load in the server (Tom Hendrikx)
+- No longer enable --enable-debug as it causes degraded  performance
+  under load.
+
 * Mon Jul 18 2011 Paul Wouters <paul@xelerance.com> - 1.4.12-1
 - Updated to 1.4.12