diff --git a/octave-2.9.5-config.patch b/octave-2.9.5-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..032cfd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/octave-2.9.5-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- configure.orig	2006-04-18 08:22:38.000000000 -0500
++++ configure	2006-04-18 08:30:46.000000000 -0500
+@@ -3291,7 +3291,7 @@
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: defining localfcnfiledir to be $localfcnfiledir" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}defining localfcnfiledir to be $localfcnfiledir" >&6
+ 
+-: ${localapifcnfiledir='$(datadir)/octave/site/$(apiversion)/m'}
++: ${localapifcnfiledir='$(datadir)/octave/site/$(api_version)/m'}
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: defining localapifcnfiledir to be $localapifcnfiledir" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}defining localapifcnfiledir to be $localapifcnfiledir" >&6
+ 
+@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: defining localoctfiledir to be $localoctfiledir" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}defining localoctfiledir to be $localoctfiledir" >&6
+ 
+-: ${localapioctfiledir='$(libexecdir)/octave/site/oct/$(apiversion)/$(canonical_host_type)'}
++: ${localapioctfiledir='$(libexecdir)/octave/site/oct/$(api_version)/$(canonical_host_type)'}
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: defining localapioctfiledir to be $localapioctfiledir" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}defining localapioctfiledir to be $localapioctfiledir" >&6
+ 
diff --git a/octave.spec b/octave.spec
index 4e038e7..c202669 100644
--- a/octave.spec
+++ b/octave.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           octave
 Version:        2.9.5
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        A high-level language for numerical computations
 Epoch:          6
 
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Group:          Applications/Engineering
 License:        GPL
 Source:         ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/bleeding-edge/octave-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         octave-2.9.5-sparse.patch
+Patch1:         octave-2.9.5-config.patch
 URL:            http://www.octave.org
 Requires:       gnuplot less info texinfo 
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ applications which use GNU Octave.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p0
+%patch1 -p0
 
 
 %build
@@ -133,6 +135,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 19 2006 Quentin Spencer <qspencer@users.sourceforge.net> 2.9.5-5
+- Add new patch to configure script (breaks octave-forge without it).
+
 * Fri Mar 24 2006 Quentin Spencer <qspencer@users.sourceforge.net> 2.9.5-4
 - Change patch again (suggested by the author on Octave mailing list).