diff --git a/perl-XML-Parser.spec b/perl-XML-Parser.spec
index db7b499..59ef701 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Parser.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Parser.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ License:        Artistic-1.0 or GPL-1.0+
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Parser/
 Source:         http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR/%{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         XML-Parser-2.40.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ the _Expat_ object, not the Parser object.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{cpan_name}-%{version}
+%patch0
 find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
 
 %build