diff --git a/libwww-perl-5.816-lostchars.diff b/libwww-perl-5.816-lostchars.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a13807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libwww-perl-5.816-lostchars.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+From af111a4327d4dfc4750e022c1a20adc803a75fbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>
+Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:14:48 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Wrong content handlers would sometimes be skipped [RT#40187]
+
+The handler filtering in LWP::Protocol::collect depends on stable
+handler hashes, but we did not provide that for handlers associated
+directly with the response object.  The result was that handlers
+was skipped randomly based on memory allocation patterns.
+---
+ lib/LWP/Protocol.pm  |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
+ lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm |   12 +++++++-----
+ 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
+
+Index: libwww-perl-5.816/lib/LWP/Protocol.pm
+===================================================================
+--- libwww-perl-5.816.orig/lib/LWP/Protocol.pm
++++ libwww-perl-5.816/lib/LWP/Protocol.pm
+@@ -103,19 +103,25 @@ sub collect
+         elsif (!ref($arg) && length($arg)) {
+             open(my $fh, ">", $arg) || die "Can't write to '$arg': $!";
+ 	    binmode($fh);
+-            push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_data}}, sub {
+-                print $fh $_[3] || die "Can't write to '$arg': $!";
+-                1;
+-            });
+-            push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_done}}, sub {
+-                close($fh) || die "Can't write to '$arg': $!";
+-                undef($fh);
++            push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_data}}, {
++                callback => sub {
++                    print $fh $_[3] || die "Can't write to '$arg': $!";
++                    1;
++                },
+             });
++            push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_done}}, {
++                callback => sub {
++		    close($fh) || die "Can't write to '$arg': $!";
++		    undef($fh);
++		},
++	    });
+         }
+         elsif (ref($arg) eq 'CODE') {
+-            push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_data}}, sub {
+-                &$arg($_[3], $_[0], $self);
+-                1;
++            push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_data}}, {
++                callback => sub {
++		    &$arg($_[3], $_[0], $self);
++		    1;
++                },
+             });
+         }
+         else {
+@@ -125,10 +131,12 @@ sub collect
+         $ua->run_handlers("response_header", $response);
+ 
+         if (delete $response->{default_add_content}) {
+-            push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_data}}, sub {
+-                $_[0]->add_content($_[3]);
+-                1;
+-            });
++            push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_data}}, {
++		callback => sub {
++		    $_[0]->add_content($_[3]);
++		    1;
++		},
++	    });
+         }
+ 
+ 
+Index: libwww-perl-5.816/lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm
+===================================================================
+--- libwww-perl-5.816.orig/lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm
++++ libwww-perl-5.816/lib/LWP/UserAgent.pm
+@@ -613,10 +613,12 @@ sub parse_head {
+                $parser->xml_mode(1) if $response->content_is_xhtml;
+                $parser->utf8_mode(1) if $] >= 5.008 && $HTML::Parser::VERSION >= 3.40;
+ 
+-               push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_data}}, sub {
+-                   return unless $parser;
+-                   $parser->parse($_[3]) or undef($parser);
+-               });
++               push(@{$response->{handlers}{response_data}}, {
++		   callback => sub {
++		       return unless $parser;
++		       $parser->parse($_[3]) or undef($parser);
++		   },
++	       });
+ 
+             } : undef,
+             m_media_type => "html",
+@@ -765,7 +767,7 @@ sub handlers {
+     my($self, $phase, $o) = @_;
+     my @h;
+     if ($o->{handlers} && $o->{handlers}{$phase}) {
+-        push(@h, map +{ callback => $_ }, @{$o->{handlers}{$phase}});
++        push(@h, @{$o->{handlers}{$phase}});
+     }
+     if (my $conf = $self->{handlers}{$phase}) {
+         push(@h, $conf->matching($o));
diff --git a/perl-libwww-perl.changes b/perl-libwww-perl.changes
index c0fede5..163df7c 100644
--- a/perl-libwww-perl.changes
+++ b/perl-libwww-perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 17 11:25:31 CET 2008 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- fix https losing characters (bnc#445601,
+  http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=40187)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct  6 15:08:10 CEST 2008 - anicka@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/perl-libwww-perl.spec b/perl-libwww-perl.spec
index 587ec95..1a6ca41 100644
--- a/perl-libwww-perl.spec
+++ b/perl-libwww-perl.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Name:           perl-libwww-perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-Compress-Zlib perl-HTML-Parser perl-URI
 Version:        5.816
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Provides:       libwww-perl
 Provides:       perl_lw3
 Obsoletes:      perl_lw3
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ License:        Artistic License
 Url:            http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/WWW/
 Summary:        Modules Providing a World Wide Web API
 Source:         libwww-perl-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch:          libwww-perl-5.816-lostchars.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n libwww-perl-%{version}
+%patch -p1
 
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL
@@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /var/adm/perl-modules/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 17 2008 lnussel@suse.de
+- fix https losing characters (bnc#445601,
+  http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=40187)
 * Mon Oct 06 2008 anicka@suse.cz
 - update to 5.816
   * Add missing binmode()