diff --git a/Clear-error-if-we-failed-import.patch b/Clear-error-if-we-failed-import.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3e0013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Clear-error-if-we-failed-import.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 8a577bcbbeca38f94363e8313410b8a5499de975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 13:54:27 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] [pygi] Clear error if we failed the import
+
+Otherwise we leave the exception set which causes bizarre problems
+later in unrelated code.
+
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569885
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617796
+---
+ gobject/pygi-external.h |    2 ++
+ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gobject/pygi-external.h b/gobject/pygi-external.h
+index aec2f25..b369dca 100644
+--- a/gobject/pygi-external.h
++++ b/gobject/pygi-external.h
+@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ _pygi_import (void)
+ 
+     module = PyImport_ImportModule("gi");
+     if (module == NULL) {
++        PyErr_Clear();
+         return -1;
+     }
+ 
+     api = PyObject_GetAttrString(module, "_API");
+     if (api == NULL) {
++        PyErr_Clear();
+         Py_DECREF(module);
+         return -1;
+     }
+-- 
+1.7.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pygobject2.spec b/pygobject2.spec
index c37ee64..92047c7 100644
--- a/pygobject2.spec
+++ b/pygobject2.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 Name: pygobject2
 Version: 2.21.1
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: Development/Languages
 Summary: Python bindings for GObject
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ URL: http://www.pygtk.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 #VCS: git:git://git.gnome.org/pygobject
 Patch1: Don-t-raise-an-error-in-_pygi_import-if-pygi-support-is-disabled.patch
+# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617796
+Patch2: Clear-error-if-we-failed-import.patch
 Source: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygobject/2.21/pygobject-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
 ### Build Dependencies ###
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ This package contains documentation files for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pygobject-%{version}
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-thread --enable-pygi
@@ -125,6 +128,10 @@ rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/pygobject/xsl
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 27 2010 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> - 2.21.1-9
+- Readd my patch to not blow up mysteriously
+  Resolves: #596392
+
 * Mon May 24 2010 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> - 2.21.1-7
 - Reenable pygi in preparation for getting it packaged