diff --git a/gvfs-webdav_file_types.patch b/gvfs-webdav_file_types.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df7d344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gvfs-webdav_file_types.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 921b813784ba0505fff76edb1a3bd20c40b78b75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ross Lagerwall <rosslagerwall@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 22:04:51 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] dav: Set file type to regular by default
+
+Some servers send empty resourcetype nodes or don't send the node at all
+for regular files (the spec says that it defaults to empty).  Set the
+file type to regular by default.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=706798
+---
+ daemon/gvfsbackenddav.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/daemon/gvfsbackenddav.c b/daemon/gvfsbackenddav.c
+index 2feb980..39995d6 100644
+--- a/daemon/gvfsbackenddav.c
++++ b/daemon/gvfsbackenddav.c
+@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ ms_response_to_file_info (MsResponse *response,
+   g_file_info_set_name (info, basename);
+   g_file_info_set_edit_name (info, basename);
+ 
+-  file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
++  file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_REGULAR;
+   mime_type = NULL;
+ 
+   have_display_name = FALSE;
+@@ -1013,7 +1013,6 @@ ms_response_to_file_info (MsResponse *response,
+           if (node_has_name (node, "resourcetype"))
+             {
+               file_type = parse_resourcetype (node);
+-              g_file_info_set_file_type (info, file_type);
+             }
+           else if (node_has_name (node, "displayname") && text)
+             {
+@@ -1059,6 +1058,7 @@ ms_response_to_file_info (MsResponse *response,
+         }
+     }
+ 
++  g_file_info_set_file_type (info, file_type);
+   if (file_type == G_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
+     {
+       icon = g_themed_icon_new ("folder");
+-- 
+1.8.1.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gvfs.changes b/gvfs.changes
index 23975ac..51b9de0 100644
--- a/gvfs.changes
+++ b/gvfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 26 17:57:13 UTC 2013 - stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de
+
+- Add gvfs-webdav_file_types.patch: fix webdav access over
+  gvfsd-fuse, resulting in Input/output error (bnc#848129).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct  3 12:50:22 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gvfs.spec b/gvfs.spec
index a28c8ad..982ad13 100644
--- a/gvfs.spec
+++ b/gvfs.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Source99:       baselibs.conf
 Patch5:         gvfs-nvvfs.patch
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE gvfs-nds.patch ksamrat@novell.com -- Provides NDS browsing for nautilus
 Patch6:         gvfs-nds.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM gvfs-webdav_file_types.patch bgo#706798 bnc#848129 stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de -- gvfs-webdav_file_types.patch
+Patch7:         gvfs-webdav_file_types.patch
 BuildRequires:  bluez-devel
 BuildRequires:  docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 BuildRequires:  fuse-devel
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ VFS functionality for GLib.
 translation-update-upstream
 %patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -f