diff --git a/dist-git.spec b/dist-git.spec
index 4e0a4e2..6e9b9e8 100644
--- a/dist-git.spec
+++ b/dist-git.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name:           dist-git
 Version:        1.4
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Package source version control system
 
 # upload.cgi uses GPLv1
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ URL:            https://github.com/release-engineering/dist-git
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
+Patch0: ensure_gitrepo_namespaced.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 
 Requires:       httpd
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ This package includes SELinux support.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -213,6 +215,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 26 2017 clime <clime@redhat.com> - 1.4-3
+- add ensure_gitrepo_namespaced patch
+
 * Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/ensure_gitrepo_namespaced.patch b/ensure_gitrepo_namespaced.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e440166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ensure_gitrepo_namespaced.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 15ec38ca2cb761ca02eb75d6a31565f894bf2f00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: clime <clime@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:06:04 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] patch for Fedora
+
+---
+ scripts/httpd/upload.cgi | 9 ++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/scripts/httpd/upload.cgi b/scripts/httpd/upload.cgi
+index 1de12a3..78f3ba9 100644
+--- a/scripts/httpd/upload.cgi
++++ b/scripts/httpd/upload.cgi
+@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ def makedirs(dir_, username, mode=02755):
+             send_error(str(e))
+ 
+ 
++def ensure_namespaced(name):
++    name_parts = name.split('/')
++    if len(name_parts) == 1:
++        return 'rpms/'+name
++    return name
++
++
+ def main():
+     config = ConfigParser()
+     config.read('/etc/dist-git/dist-git.conf')
+@@ -165,7 +172,7 @@ def main():
+     msgpath = os.path.join(name, filename, hash_type, checksum, filename)
+ 
+     # first test if the module really exists
+-    git_dir = os.path.join(config['dist-git']['gitroot_dir'], '%s.git' % name)
++    git_dir = os.path.join(config['dist-git']['gitroot_dir'], '%s.git' % ensure_namespaced(name))
+     if not os.path.isdir(git_dir):
+         sys.stderr.write('[username=%s] Unknown module: %s' % (username, name))
+         send_error('Module "%s" does not exist!' % name,
+-- 
+2.9.5
+