diff --git a/docdefattr.diff b/docdefattr.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4335b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docdefattr.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--- ./build/files.c.orig	2011-07-26 17:08:21.000000000 +0000
++++ ./build/files.c	2011-07-26 17:08:39.000000000 +0000
+@@ -1735,11 +1735,13 @@ static rpmRC processPackageFiles(rpmSpec
+     struct FileList_s fl;
+     const char *fileName;
+     char buf[BUFSIZ];
+-    struct AttrRec_s arbuf;
++    struct AttrRec_s arbuf, def_arbuf;
+     AttrRec specialDocAttrRec = &arbuf;
++    AttrRec def_specialDocAttrRec = &def_arbuf;
+     char *specialDoc = NULL;
+ 
+     nullAttrRec(specialDocAttrRec);
++    nullAttrRec(def_specialDocAttrRec);
+     pkg->cpioList = NULL;
+ 
+     if (pkg->fileFile) {
+@@ -1877,6 +1879,7 @@ static rpmRC processPackageFiles(rpmSpec
+ 	    specialDoc = _free(specialDoc);
+ 	    specialDoc = xstrdup(fileName);
+ 	    dupAttrRec(&fl.cur_ar, specialDocAttrRec);
++	    dupAttrRec(&fl.def_ar, def_specialDocAttrRec);
+ 	} else if (fl.currentFlags & RPMFILE_PUBKEY) {
+ 	    (void) processMetadataFile(pkg, &fl, fileName, RPMTAG_PUBKEYS);
+ 	} else {
+@@ -1917,7 +1920,9 @@ static rpmRC processPackageFiles(rpmSpec
+   	fl.nLangs = 0;
+ 
+ 	dupAttrRec(specialDocAttrRec, &fl.cur_ar);
++	dupAttrRec(def_specialDocAttrRec, &fl.def_ar);
+ 	freeAttrRec(specialDocAttrRec);
++	freeAttrRec(def_specialDocAttrRec);
+ 
+ 	(void) processBinaryFile(pkg, &fl, specialDoc);
+ 
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index e428882..8708bf3 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 26 19:09:31 CEST 2011 - mls@suse.de
+
+- fix defattr handling for doc files
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 21 13:00:47 CEST 2011 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 716132f..acc8722 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Patch74:        findsupplements.diff
 Patch75:        assumeexec.diff
 Patch76:        buildpipe.diff
 Patch77:        trailslash.diff
+Patch78:        docdefattr.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #
 # avoid bootstrapping problem
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ rm -f rpmdb/db.h
 %patch -P 40 -P 41 -P 42 -P 43 -P 44 -P 45 -P 46 -P 47 -P 48 -P 49
 %patch -P 50 -P 51 -P 52 -P 53 -P 54 -P 55 -P 56 -P 57 -P 58 -P 59
 %patch -P 60 -P 61 -P 62 -P 63 -P 64 -P 65 -P 66 -P 67 -P 68 -P 69
-%patch -P 70 -P 71 -P 72 -P 73 -P 74 -P 75 -P 76 -P 77
+%patch -P 70 -P 71 -P 72 -P 73 -P 74 -P 75 -P 76 -P 77 -P 78
 #chmod 755 scripts/find-supplements{,.ksyms}
 #chmod 755 scripts/find-provides.ksyms scripts/find-requires.ksyms
 #chmod 755 scripts/firmware.prov