diff --git a/man2html-perl.patch b/man2html-perl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 67cd215..0000000
--- a/man2html-perl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Add support for Perl modules (closes: #363384).
-Patch by Nicolas François.
-
-diff -ruN -x config.guess -x config.sub man-1.6e-old/man2html/man2html.c man-1.6e/man2html/man2html.c
---- man-1.6e-old/man2html/man2html.c	2007-01-31 01:21:06.000000000 +0100
-+++ man-1.6e/man2html/man2html.c	2007-01-31 01:21:07.000000000 +0100
-@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@
-                                 /* section is n or l or starts with a digit */
- 		  && strchr("123456789nl", f[1])
- 		  && (g-f == 2 || (g-f == 3 && isdigit(f[1]) && isalpha(f[2]))
--		               || (f[2] == 'X' && isdigit(f[1])))
-+		               || (f[2] == 'X' && isdigit(f[1]))
-+		               || (strncmp(f+1,"3pm",g-f-1) == 0))
- 	       ) {
- 		/* this might be a link */
- 		h=f-1;
diff --git a/man2html-suffixes.patch b/man2html-suffixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fa6d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man2html-suffixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff -up man-1.6f/man2html/man2html.c.pom man-1.6f/man2html/man2html.c
+--- man-1.6f/man2html/man2html.c.pom	2009-10-12 09:56:00.000000000 +0200
++++ man-1.6f/man2html/man2html.c	2009-10-12 09:59:35.000000000 +0200
+@@ -171,7 +171,12 @@ add_links(char *c)
+                                 /* section is n or l or starts with a digit */
+ 		  && strchr("123456789nl", f[1])
+ 		  && (g-f == 2 || (g-f == 3 && isdigit(f[1]) && isalpha(f[2]))
+-		               || (f[2] == 'X' && isdigit(f[1])))
++		               || (g-f == 4 && isdigit(f[1]) && isalpha(f[2]) && 
++		                   isalpha(f[3]))
++		               || (g-f == 5 && isdigit(f[1]) && isalpha(f[2]) &&
++		                   isalpha(f[3]) && isalpha(f[4]))
++		               || (g-f == 6 && isdigit(f[1]) && isalpha(f[2]) &&
++		                   isalpha(f[3]) && isalpha(f[4]) && isalpha(f[5])))
+ 	       ) {
+ 		/* this might be a link */
+ 		h=f-1;
diff --git a/man2html.spec b/man2html.spec
index 179faa0..ce714fb 100644
--- a/man2html.spec
+++ b/man2html.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:       man2html
 Version:    1.6
-Release:    12.%{posttag}%{?dist}
+Release:    13.%{posttag}%{?dist}
 Summary:    Convert man pages to HTML - CGI scripts
 
 # man2html.c and debian/sources/man2html.cgi.c are Copyright Only
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ Patch1019:  man2html-noindex-segfault.patch
 # *roff parser fix: convert \N'123' to &#123
 Patch1020:  man2html-escape-N.patch
 
-# support Perl manpages (1p/3p/etc.)
-Patch1021:  man2html-perl.patch
-
 # fix typo in Italian man page
 Patch1022:  man2html-it-typo.patch
 
@@ -109,6 +106,10 @@ Patch8:  man2html-hman-section.patch
 # fix the paths in localized manpages
 Patch9:  man2html-localized-manpage-paths.patch
 
+# permit autolinking manual pages with textual suffixes (e.g. "3p" for perl)
+# (resolves RHBZ#1077297)
+Patch10: man2html-suffixes.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  recode
 
 Requires:   %{name}-core%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -197,6 +198,9 @@ rm -f %{_localstatedir}/cache/man2html/* || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 18 2014 T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth@gmail.com> - 1.6-13.g
+- fix autolinking manual pages with textual suffixes (RHBZ#1077297)
+
 * Sat Aug 03 2013 T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth@gmail.com> - 1.6-12.g
 - Fix stray trailing slash in files list