diff --git a/python-urlgrabber.spec b/python-urlgrabber.spec
index 37e4263..b500bb7 100644
--- a/python-urlgrabber.spec
+++ b/python-urlgrabber.spec
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 Summary: A high-level cross-protocol url-grabber
 Name: python-urlgrabber
 Version: 2.9.9
-Release: 3
+Release: 4
 Source0: urlgrabber-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0: urlgrabber-read-error.patch
 Patch1: urlgrabber-ssl-byterange-keepalive.patch
+Patch2: urlgrabber-keepalive.patch
 License: LGPL
 Group: Development/Libraries
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ authentication, proxies and more.
 %setup -n urlgrabber-%{version}
 %patch0 -p0
 %patch1 -p0
+%patch2 -p0
 
 %build
 python setup.py build
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_bindir}/urlgrabber
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec  6 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> - 2.9.9-4
+- fix keepalive (#218268) 
+
 * Sat Nov 11 2006 Florian La Roche <laroche@redhat.com>
 - add version/release to "Provides: urlgrabber"
 
diff --git a/urlgrabber-keepalive.patch b/urlgrabber-keepalive.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c051a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlgrabber-keepalive.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- urlgrabber/grabber.py	22 Sep 2006 00:58:05 -0000	1.48
++++ urlgrabber/grabber.py	5 Dec 2006 23:48:51 -0000
+@@ -1198,13 +1198,21 @@
+         """dump the file to self.filename."""
+         if self.append: new_fo = open(self.filename, 'ab')
+         else: new_fo = open(self.filename, 'wb')
++        try:
++            # if we have a known range, only try to read that much.
++            (low, high) = self.opts.range
++            amount = high - low
++        except TypeError, ValueError:
++            amount = None
+         bs = 1024*8
+         size = 0
+ 
++        if amount is not None: bs = min(bs, amount - size)
+         block = self.read(bs)
+         size = size + len(block)
+         while block:
+             new_fo.write(block)
++            if amount is not None: bs = min(bs, amount - size)
+             block = self.read(bs)
+             size = size + len(block)
+