diff --git a/hscolour.spec b/hscolour.spec
index 16b0c10..1a2d375 100644
--- a/hscolour.spec
+++ b/hscolour.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ styling, LaTeX, and mIRC chat client codes.
 
 Name:           %{pkg_name}
 Version:        1.20.2
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Colourizes Haskell code
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  %{ghc_arches}
 BuildRequires:  ghc-Cabal-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-rpm-macros %{!?without_hscolour:hscolour}
 # END cabal2spec
+Patch1:         hscolour-1.20.2-non-ascii.patch
 
 %description
 %{common_description}
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ghc-rpm-macros %{!?without_hscolour:hscolour}
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1 -b .orig
 
 
 %build
@@ -72,6 +74,9 @@ BuildRequires:  ghc-rpm-macros %{!?without_hscolour:hscolour}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 26 2012 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.20.2-3
+- add upstream change to workaround errors with unicode points > 255
+
 * Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.20.2-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild