diff --git a/xen.figs.disable.patch b/xen.figs.disable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b3ed1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xen.figs.disable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- xen-4.4.1/docs/Makefile.orig	2014-09-02 07:20:19.000000000 +0100
++++ xen-4.4.1/docs/Makefile	2014-09-14 21:16:26.642121099 +0100
+@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@
+ 
+ .PHONY: figs
+ figs:
+-ifdef FIG2DEV
+-	set -x; $(MAKE) -C figs
+-else
+ 	@echo "fig2dev (transfig) not installed; skipping figs."
+-endif
+ 
+ .PHONY: man-pages
+ man-pages:
diff --git a/xen.spec b/xen.spec
index d8475e1..a415897 100644
--- a/xen.spec
+++ b/xen.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 Summary: Xen is a virtual machine monitor
 Name:    xen
 Version: 4.4.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Group:   Development/Libraries
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and BSD
 URL:     http://xen.org/
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ Patch22: xen.console.fix.patch
 Patch23: xen.ocamlfix.patch
 Patch24: xsa107-4.4.patch
 
+Patch99: xen.figs.disable.patch
 Patch100: xen-configure-xend.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ manage Xen virtual machines.
 %patch23 -p1
 %patch24 -p1
 
+%patch99 -p1
 %patch100 -p1
 
 # stubdom sources
@@ -884,6 +886,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Sep 14 2014 Michael Young <m.a.young@durham.ac.uk> - 4.4.1-3
+- disable building pngs from fig files which is currently broken in rawhide
+
 * Tue Sep 09 2014 Michael Young <m.a.young@durham.ac.uk> - 4.4.1-2
 - Mishandling of uninitialised FIFO-based event channel control blocks
 	[XSA-107, CVE-2014-6268] (#1140287)