diff --git a/abiword-2.7.7-templates.patch b/abiword-2.7.7-templates.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58607d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abiword-2.7.7-templates.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -u -r abiword-2.7.7.orig/user/wp/templates/Makefile.am abiword-2.7.7/user/wp/templates/Makefile.am
+--- abiword-2.7.7.orig/user/wp/templates/Makefile.am	2009-07-09 16:08:15.000000000 +0200
++++ abiword-2.7.7/user/wp/templates/Makefile.am	2009-07-19 18:23:40.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+ 
+-templatesdir = $(ABIWORD_DATADIR)/templates
+-templates_DATA = \
++templates_normal = \
+ 	normal.awt \
+ 	normal.awt-am_ET \
+ 	normal.awt-ar \
+@@ -63,8 +62,7 @@
+ 	normal.awt-zh_CN \
+ 	normal.awt-zh_TW
+ 
+-if ENABLE_TEMPLATES
+-templates_DATA += \
++templates_extra = \
+ 	A4.awt \
+ 	Business-Letter.awt \
+ 	Business-Report.awt \
+@@ -76,7 +74,12 @@
+ 	Resume.awt \
+ 	Two-Columns.awt \
+ 	US-Letter.awt
++
++templatesdir = $(ABIWORD_DATADIR)/templates
++templates_DATA = $(templates_normal)
++if ENABLE_TEMPLATES
++templates_DATA += $(templates_extra)
+ endif
+ 
+-EXTRA_DIST = $(templates_DATA)
++EXTRA_DIST = $(templates_normal) $(templates_extra)
+