diff --git a/matplotlib-1.0.1-plot_directive.patch b/matplotlib-1.0.1-plot_directive.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ff3481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matplotlib-1.0.1-plot_directive.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -uNr matplotlib-1.0.1.orig/lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py matplotlib-1.0.1/lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py
+--- matplotlib-1.0.1.orig/lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py	2011-01-23 05:42:08.000000000 +0900
++++ matplotlib-1.0.1/lib/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py	2011-01-23 05:44:48.000000000 +0900
+@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
+         del options['nofigs']
+ 
+     formats = setup.config.plot_formats
+-    if type(formats) == str:
++    if type(formats) == str or type(formats) == unicode:
+         formats = eval(formats)
+ 
+     fname = os.path.basename(plot_path)
diff --git a/matplotlib-linux3.patch b/matplotlib-linux3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..445f706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matplotlib-linux3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- doc/mpl_examples/api/font_file.py
++++ doc/mpl_examples/api/font_file.py
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ 
+ if sys.platform == 'win32':
+     fpath = 'C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\Tahoma.ttf'
+-elif sys.platform == 'linux2':
++elif sys.platform == 'linux2' or sys.platform == 'linux3':
+     fonts = ['/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf',
+       '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf',
+       '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS.ttf',
+--- examples/api/font_file.py
++++ examples/api/font_file.py
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ 
+ if sys.platform == 'win32':
+     fpath = 'C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\Tahoma.ttf'
+-elif sys.platform == 'linux2':
++elif sys.platform == 'linux2' or sys.platform == 'linux3':
+     fonts = ['/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf',
+       '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf',
+       '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS.ttf',
+--- lib/mpl_examples/api/font_file.py
++++ lib/mpl_examples/api/font_file.py
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ 
+ if sys.platform == 'win32':
+     fpath = 'C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\Tahoma.ttf'
+-elif sys.platform == 'linux2':
++elif sys.platform == 'linux2' or sys.platform == 'linux3':
+     fonts = ['/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf',
+       '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf',
+       '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS.ttf',
+--- setupext.py
++++ setupext.py
+@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
+     'linux2-hppa' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
+     'linux2-mips' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
+     'linux2-sparc' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
++    'linux3' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
+     'linux2' : ['/usr/local', '/usr'],
+     'linux'  : ['/usr/local', '/usr',],
+     'cygwin' : ['/usr/local', '/usr',],
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.changes b/python-matplotlib.changes
index 68ef2dd..d443e0d 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.changes
+++ b/python-matplotlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 15 02:00:37 CEST 2011 - ro@suse.de
+
+- fix build for platform == linux3 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 24 12:58:1 UTC 2011 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.spec b/python-matplotlib.spec
index ddc79c6..cccac5f 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.spec
+++ b/python-matplotlib.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Summary:        Plotting Library for Python
 Url:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib
 Source:         matplotlib-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        matplotlib-setup.cfg
-
+# This patch taken from upstream SVN and will not be needed for releases later than 1.0.1
+Patch0:         matplotlib-1.0.1-plot_directive.patch
+Patch1:         matplotlib-linux3.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 BuildRequires:  fltk-devel
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ wxWidgets backend for python-matplotlib plotting package
 
 %prep
 %setup -n matplotlib-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1
 chmod -x lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/images/*.svg
 
 %build