diff --git a/livecd-tools-remove-releasever.patch b/livecd-tools-remove-releasever.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..972349c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livecd-tools-remove-releasever.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- livecd-tools-15.2/imgcreate/yuminst.py.orig	2011-01-04 16:42:09.000000000 -0600
++++ livecd-tools-15.2/imgcreate/yuminst.py	2011-01-04 16:42:23.000000000 -0600
+@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
+             # takes a variable and substitutes like yum configs do
+             option = option.replace("$basearch", rpmUtils.arch.getBaseArch())
+             option = option.replace("$arch", rpmUtils.arch.getCanonArch())
+-            option = option.replace("$releasever", yum.config._getsysver("/", "redhat-release"))
+             return option
+ 
+         repo = yum.yumRepo.YumRepository(name)
diff --git a/livecd-tools.spec b/livecd-tools.spec
index b9237dc..d45b560 100644
--- a/livecd-tools.spec
+++ b/livecd-tools.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: Tools for building live CDs
 Name: livecd-tools
 Version: 15.2
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Base
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ URL: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/livecd
 # make dist
 # scp livecd*.tar.bz2 fedorahosted.org:livecd
 Source0: http://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/livecd/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0: livecd-tools-remove-releasever.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 Requires: python-imgcreate = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 Requires: mkisofs
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ like live image or appliances.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 
 
 %build
 make
@@ -92,6 +94,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{python_sitelib}/imgcreate/*.pyc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 04 2011 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 15.2-2
+- patch to drop support of releasever in urls it destroys image creation in koji
+
 * Wed Dec 22 2010 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> - 15.2-1
 - Version 5.2 (bcl)
 - Assign a device-mapper UUID w/ subsystem prefix to the dm snapshot. (dlehman)