diff --git a/nted-1.5.0-disable-translated-docs.patch b/nted-1.5.0-disable-translated-docs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4dfa45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nted-1.5.0-disable-translated-docs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- nted-1.5.0/doc/Makefile.in.orig	2009-02-28 11:42:49.000000000 +0100
++++ nted-1.5.0/doc/Makefile.in	2009-02-28 11:43:11.000000000 +0100
+@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
+ target_alias = @target_alias@
+ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+-SUBDIRS = templates docimages en de it
++SUBDIRS = templates docimages en
+ all: all-recursive
+ 
+ .SUFFIXES:
diff --git a/nted.spec b/nted.spec
index cdee405..abe8c69 100644
--- a/nted.spec
+++ b/nted.spec
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 # ntedfont is a special purpose symbol font, and thus needs
 # no fontconfig magic.
 
+# Whether to work around broken po2xml/qt
+#global broken_po2xml 1
+%global broken_po2xml 0
+
 Name:           nted
 Version:        1.5.0
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Musical score editor
 Summary(de):    Partitureditor
 
@@ -18,6 +22,9 @@ URL:            http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/staff/jan/nted/nted.xhtml
 Source0:        http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/staff/jan/nted/nted-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        nted.desktop
 #Source2:        %{name}-%{family}-fontconfig.conf
+%if %{broken_po2xml}
+Patch10:        nted-1.5.0-disable-translated-docs.patch
+%endif
 BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel alsa-lib-devel
@@ -65,6 +72,9 @@ NtEd's own special note symbol font.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%if %{broken_po2xml}
+%patch10 -p1 -b .disable-translated-docs
+%endif
 # Upstream mistakenly ships a header file with its x bit set.
 test -x dynarray.h # make sure we notice when upstream fixes that
 chmod -x dynarray.h
@@ -120,6 +130,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 28 2009 Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de> - 1.5.0-4
+- Add (disabled) workaround for broken po2xml (would remove translated docs)
+
 * Thu Feb 26 2009 Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de> - 1.5.0-3
 - noarch subpackage for doc
 - use versioned requirements for subpackages