diff --git a/python-basemap-1.0.7-datadir.patch b/python-basemap-1.0.7-datadir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b389f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-basemap-1.0.7-datadir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From aa43178c0c5cc3353a5dfad8fa4a80c8b5cfbeba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou@pingoured.fr>
+Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:34:54 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix the pyproj_datadir to point to the right location
+
+---
+ lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/pyproj.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/pyproj.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/pyproj.py
+index 097f099..57aa69a 100644
+--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/pyproj.py
++++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/pyproj.py
+@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ pj_ellps={
+ "sphere":       {'a':6370997.0,'b':6370997.0,'description':"Normal Sphere"},
+ }
+ 
+-pyproj_datadir = os.sep.join([os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data'])
++pyproj_datadir = "/usr/share/basemap/"
+ if not os.path.isdir(pyproj_datadir):
+     msg="proj data directory not found. Expecting it at: %s"%pyproj_datadir
+     raise IOError(msg)
+-- 
+2.1.0
+
diff --git a/python-basemap.spec b/python-basemap.spec
index b4b998e..0239e37 100644
--- a/python-basemap.spec
+++ b/python-basemap.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/basemap-%{version}.t
 #Source1:        http://dl.sf.net/matplotlib/basemap-%{version}-examples.tar.gz
 #Patch0:         python-basemap-0.99-setup.cfg.patch
 #Patch1:         python-basemap-0.99-setup.patch
-#Patch2:         python-basemap-1.0.6-datadir.patch
+Patch2:         python-basemap-1.0.7-datadir.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  python-devel, proj-devel, shapelib-devel, numpy-f2py, geos-devel 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ projections (with continental and political boundaries).
 %setup -q -n basemap-%{version}
 #%patch0 -p0
 #%patch1 -p0
-#%patch2 -p1
+%patch2 -p1 -b .
 #Remove the bundled libraries
 #mv src/_pyproj.c src/basemap_pycompat.h .
 #rm -rf src pyshapelib/shapelib
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ projections (with continental and political boundaries).
 #Remove the data files
 rm -rf lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/data/
 
-sed -i -e "s|pyproj_datadir = os.sep.join([os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data'])|pyproj_datadir = '/usr/share/basemap'|" lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/pyproj.py
 
 %if %{with_python3}
 rm -rf %{py3dir}