diff --git a/Formula/mecab-ko.rb b/Formula/mecab-ko.rb
index 2b7291f0f10..19c1af8b286 100644
--- a/Formula/mecab-ko.rb
+++ b/Formula/mecab-ko.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,28 @@ class MecabKo < Formula
   version "0.996-ko-0.9.1"
   sha1 "68dad4486d7b74fa5fe7aef0b440e00f17a9e59c"
 
+  # https://bitbucket.org/eunjeon/mecab-ko/pull-request/1/mecab-ko-ipadic-ipadic/diff
+  # Below comments out the dicdir path which produces runtime error
+  # and mecab-ko requires mecab-ko-dic rather than mecab-ipadic, unlike
+  # the original mecab.
+  patch :DATA
+
   def install
     system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
                           "--prefix=#{prefix}"
     system "make install"
   end
 end
+
+
+__END__
+--- a/mecabrc.in
++++ b/mecabrc.in
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ ;
+ ; $Id: mecabrc.in,v 1.3 2006/05/29 15:36:08 taku-ku Exp $;
+ ;
+-dicdir =  @prefix@/lib/mecab/dic/ipadic
++;dicdir = @prefix@/lib/mecab/dic/ipadic
+ 
+ ; userdic = /home/foo/bar/user.dic