diff --git a/templates/cairo-1.7.6-doc-public-Makefile-in.diff b/templates/cairo-1.7.6-doc-public-Makefile-in.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5366413f8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/cairo-1.7.6-doc-public-Makefile-in.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- doc/public/Makefile.in.orig	2008-10-02 21:51:38.000000000 +0200
++++ doc/public/Makefile.in	2008-10-02 21:51:46.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1022,8 +1022,6 @@
+ 	  done; \
+ 	  echo '-- Installing $(srcdir)/html/index.sgml' ; \
+ 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/html/index.sgml $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) || :; \
+-	  which gtkdoc-rebase >/dev/null && \
+-	    gtkdoc-rebase --relative --dest-dir=$(DESTDIR) --html-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) ; \
+ 	fi
+ 
+ uninstall-local:
diff --git a/templates/cairo-1.7.6.tmpl b/templates/cairo-1.7.6.tmpl
index 14a3ba54791..8c53b507a6b 100755
--- a/templates/cairo-1.7.6.tmpl
+++ b/templates/cairo-1.7.6.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'cairo-1.7.6'.
 pkgname=cairo-1.7.6
+patch_files="$pkgname-doc-public-Makefile-in.diff"
 extract_sufx=".tar.gz"
 url=http://cairographics.org/snapshots
 build_style=gnu_configure