diff --git a/Formula/mapnik.rb b/Formula/mapnik.rb
index bc64b69c0bd..f8f7be3ce51 100644
--- a/Formula/mapnik.rb
+++ b/Formula/mapnik.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ class Mapnik < Formula
   depends_on 'boost'
   depends_on 'cairomm' => :optional
 
+  # Reported upstream: https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/1171
+  # Fix is not yet in HEAD as of 3 MAY 2012, but likely will be in 2.0.2.
+  def patches
+    DATA
+  end
+
   def install
     ENV.x11 # for freetype-config
 
@@ -50,3 +56,19 @@ class Mapnik < Formula
     "python" + `python -c 'import sys;print(sys.version[:3])'`.strip
   end
 end
+
+__END__
+--- a/bindings/python/build.py
++++ b/bindings/python/build.py
+@@ -143,10 +143,7 @@ paths += "__all__ = [mapniklibpath,inputpluginspath,fontscollectionpath]\n"
+ if not os.path.exists('mapnik'):
+     os.mkdir('mapnik')
+
+-if hasattr(os.path,'relpath'): # python 2.6 and above
+-    file('mapnik/paths.py','w').write(paths % (os.path.relpath(env['MAPNIK_LIB_DIR'],target_path)))
+-else:
+-    file('mapnik/paths.py','w').write(paths % (env['MAPNIK_LIB_DIR']))
++file('mapnik/paths.py','w').write(paths % (env['MAPNIK_LIB_DIR']))
+
+ # force open perms temporarily so that `sudo scons install`
+ # does not later break simple non-install non-sudo rebuild