diff --git a/gnome-doc-utils-permissive.patch b/gnome-doc-utils-permissive.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46cd14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-doc-utils-permissive.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+This patch is an ugly hack and should be removed ASAP.
+
+Many GNOME docs fail without it, it causes failing packages and it
+causes failing rebuild of other packages.
+
+================================================================================
+--- xslt/docbook/omf/db2omf.xsl
++++ xslt/docbook/omf/db2omf.xsl
+@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
+                         $info/publisher[@role='maintainer']     |
+                         $info/authorgroup/*[@role='maintainer'] "/>
+   <xsl:if test="not($maintainers)">
+-    <xsl:message terminate="yes">
++    <xsl:message>
+       <xsl:text>db2omf: Could not construct the OMF maintainer element.&#x000A;</xsl:text>
+       <xsl:text>  Add an author, corpauthor, editor, othercredit, or publisher&#x000A;</xsl:text>
+       <xsl:text>  element with the role attribute set to "maintainer" to </xsl:text>
diff --git a/gnome-doc-utils.changes b/gnome-doc-utils.changes
index 117ccfe..805aca3 100644
--- a/gnome-doc-utils.changes
+++ b/gnome-doc-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 26 17:44:02 CET 2007 - sbrabec@suse.cz
+
+- Be more permissive for incorrectly formatted docs.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 19 10:32:34 CST 2007 - maw@suse.de
 
diff --git a/gnome-doc-utils.spec b/gnome-doc-utils.spec
index 20ffa13..749ee4b 100644
--- a/gnome-doc-utils.spec
+++ b/gnome-doc-utils.spec
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ License:        GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Library General Public Lic
 Group:          System/GUI/GNOME
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Version:        0.9.2
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Summary:        A Collection of Documentation Utilities for GNOME
 Source:         ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-doc-utils/0.8/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch:          gnome-doc-utils-permissive.patch
 URL:            http://www.gnome.org
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Requires:       libxml2-python
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+# This patch is an ugly hack and should be removed ASAP:
+%patch
 
 %build
 ACLOCAL="aclocal -I $PWD" autoreconf -f -i
@@ -120,6 +123,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 26 2007 - sbrabec@suse.cz
+- Be more permissive for incorrectly formatted docs.
 * Mon Feb 19 2007 - maw@suse.de
 - Update to version 0.9.2.
 * Mon Jan 29 2007 - sbrabec@suse.cz