diff --git a/python-2.6.patch b/python-2.6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cf5af4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-2.6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+Index: pisi/archive.py
+===================================================================
+--- pisi/archive.py	(revision 21417)
++++ pisi/archive.py	(working copy)
+@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
+         elif self.type == 'tarlzma':
+             rmode = 'r:'
+             self.file_path = self.file_path.rstrip(ctx.const.lzma_suffix)
+-            ret, out, err = util.run_batch("lzma -k -f -d %s%s" % (self.file_path,ctx.const.lzma_suffix))
++            ret, out, err = util.run_batch("lzma -k -f -d %s%s" % (self.file_path, ctx.const.lzma_suffix))
+             if ret != 0:
+                 raise LzmaRuntimeError(err)
+         else:
+@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
+     def close(self):
+         self.tar.close()
+ 
+-        if self.tar.mode == 'wb' and self.type == 'tarlzma':
++        if self.tar.mode == 'w' and self.type == 'tarlzma':
+             batch = None
+             if ctx.config.values.build.compressionlevel:
+                 batch = "lzma -%s -z %s" % (ctx.config.values.build.compressionlevel, self.file_path)
+@@ -201,97 +201,9 @@
+ 
+ class MyZipFile(zipfile.ZipFile):
+     def decompressToFile(self, name, outname):
+-        import zlib
+-        import binascii
++        self.extract(name, os.path.dirname(outname))
+ 
+-        block_size = 1024 * 1024 * 2
+ 
+-        if self.mode not in ("r", "a"):
+-            raise RuntimeError, 'read() requires mode "r" or "a"'
+-        if not self.fp:
+-            raise RuntimeError, \
+-                  "Attempt to read ZIP archive that was already closed"
+-        zinfo = self.getinfo(name)
+-        filepos = self.fp.tell()
+-
+-        self.fp.seek(zinfo.header_offset, 0)
+-
+-        # Skip the file header:
+-        fheader = self.fp.read(30)
+-        if fheader[0:4] != zipfile.stringFileHeader:
+-            raise BadZipfile, "Bad magic number for file header"
+-
+-        fheader = struct.unpack(zipfile.structFileHeader, fheader)
+-        fname = self.fp.read(fheader[zipfile._FH_FILENAME_LENGTH])
+-        if fheader[zipfile._FH_EXTRA_FIELD_LENGTH]:
+-            self.fp.read(fheader[zipfile._FH_EXTRA_FIELD_LENGTH])
+-
+-        if fname != zinfo.orig_filename:
+-            raise zipfile.BadZipfile, \
+-                  'File name in directory "%s" and header "%s" differ.' % (
+-                zinfo.orig_filename, fname)
+-
+-        destfile = file(outname, 'wb')
+-
+-        if zinfo.compress_type == zipfile.ZIP_STORED:
+-            total_read = 0
+-            crc = None
+-            while total_read < zinfo.compress_size:
+-                if zinfo.compress_size - total_read < block_size:
+-                    block_size = zinfo.compress_size - total_read
+-                buff = self.fp.read(block_size)
+-                destfile.write(buff)
+-                total_read += (block_size)
+-                if crc:
+-                    crc = binascii.crc32(buff, crc)
+-                else:
+-                    crc = binascii.crc32(buff)
+-            destfile.close()
+-            self.fp.seek(filepos, 0)
+-            if crc and crc != zinfo.CRC:
+-                raise zipfile.BadZipfile, "Bad CRC-32 for file %s" % name
+-            return
+-        elif zinfo.compress_type != zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED:
+-            raise zipfile.BadZipfile, \
+-                  "Unsupported compression method %d for file %s" % \
+-            (zinfo.compress_type, name)
+-
+-        if not zlib:
+-            raise RuntimeError, \
+-                "De-compression requires the (missing) zlib module"
+-        # zlib compress/decompress code by Jeremy Hylton of CNRI
+-        dc = zlib.decompressobj(-15)
+-
+-        total_read = 0
+-        crc = None
+-        while total_read < zinfo.compress_size:
+-            if zinfo.compress_size - total_read < block_size:
+-                block_size = zinfo.compress_size - total_read
+-            buff = self.fp.read(block_size)
+-            dcbuff = dc.decompress(dc.unconsumed_tail + buff)
+-            destfile.write(dcbuff)
+-            total_read += block_size
+-            if crc:
+-                crc = binascii.crc32(dcbuff, crc)
+-            else:
+-                crc = binascii.crc32(dcbuff)
+-
+-        # need to feed in unused pad byte so that zlib won't choke
+-        ex = dc.decompress(dc.unconsumed_tail + 'Z') + dc.flush()
+-        if ex:
+-            if crc:
+-                crc = binascii.crc32(ex, crc)
+-            else:
+-                crc = binascii.crc32(ex)
+-            destfile.write(ex)
+-
+-        if crc and crc != zinfo.CRC:
+-            raise zipfile.BadZipfile, "Bad CRC-32 for file %s" % name
+-
+-        destfile.close()
+-        self.fp.seek(filepos, 0)
+-
+-
+ class ArchiveZip(ArchiveBase):
+     """ArchiveZip handles zip archives.
+