diff --git a/python-urlgrabber.spec b/python-urlgrabber.spec
index 63b18e7..26165be 100644
--- a/python-urlgrabber.spec
+++ b/python-urlgrabber.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 Summary: A high-level cross-protocol url-grabber
 Name: python-urlgrabber
 Version: 2.9.8
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 Source0: urlgrabber-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: urlgrabber-read-error.patch
 License: LGPL
 Group: Development/Libraries
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ authentication, proxies and more.
 
 %prep
 %setup -n urlgrabber-%{version}
+%patch0 -p0
 
 %build
 python setup.py build
@@ -39,6 +41,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_bindir}/urlgrabber
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 14 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> - 2.9.8-2
+- catch read errors so they trigger the failure callback.  helps catch bad cds
+
 * Wed Feb 22 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> - 2.9.8-1
 - update to new version fixing progress bars in yum on regets
 
diff --git a/urlgrabber-read-error.patch b/urlgrabber-read-error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f6a0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/urlgrabber-read-error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- urlgrabber/grabber.py~	2006-02-22 13:26:46.000000000 -0500
++++ urlgrabber/grabber.py	2006-03-14 14:17:59.000000000 -0500
+@@ -1140,6 +1140,8 @@
+                 raise URLGrabError(4, _('Socket Error: %s') % (e, ))
+             except TimeoutError, e:
+                 raise URLGrabError(12, _('Timeout: %s') % (e, ))
++            except IOError, e:
++                raise URLGrabError(4, _('IOError: %s') %(e,))
+             newsize = len(new)
+             if not newsize: break # no more to read
+