diff --git a/xmlto-stringparam.patch b/xmlto-stringparam.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c87942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmlto-stringparam.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff -urNp xmlto-0.0.21-orig/THANKS xmlto-0.0.21/THANKS
+--- xmlto-0.0.21-orig/THANKS	2008-02-25 15:24:59.000000000 +0100
++++ xmlto-0.0.21/THANKS	2009-01-05 17:55:58.000000000 +0100
+@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Shlomi Fish <shlomif@gmail.com>
+ Braden McDaniel <braden@endoframe.com>
+ Andreas Hoenen <andreas.hoenen@arcor.de>
+ Graham Wilson <graham@debian.org>
++Joseph Parmelee <jparmele@wildbear.com>
+diff -urNp xmlto-0.0.21-orig/xmlto.in xmlto-0.0.21/xmlto.in
+--- xmlto-0.0.21-orig/xmlto.in	2008-05-30 15:41:31.000000000 +0200
++++ xmlto-0.0.21/xmlto.in	2009-01-05 17:55:12.000000000 +0100
+@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ while [ "$#" -gt "0" ]; do
+ 	;;
+   --stringparam)
+ 	MYPARAM="$2"
+-	XSLTPARAMS="XSLTPARAMS --stringparam ${MYPARAM%=*}"
+-	XSLTPARAMS="XSLTPARAMS $MYPARAM#*=}"
++	XSLTPARAMS="$XSLTPARAMS --stringparam ${MYPARAM%=*}"
++	XSLTPARAMS="$XSLTPARAMS ${MYPARAM#*=}"
+ 	shift 2
+ 	;;
+   --noclean)
diff --git a/xmlto.spec b/xmlto.spec
index 502dd59..ba106c2 100644
--- a/xmlto.spec
+++ b/xmlto.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Summary: A tool for converting XML files to various formats
 Name: xmlto
 Version: 0.0.21
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
+#xmlto is released under GPLv2+ license, xmlif under GPL+ license
 License: GPLv2+ and GPL+
 Group: Applications/System
 #Older versions up to xmlto-0.0.20
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ Group: Applications/System
 #Source0: http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/xmlto/stable/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 URL: https://fedorahosted.org/xmlto/
 Source0: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/x/m/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0: xmlto-stringparam.patch
 
 BuildRoot:  %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ PassiveTeX/TeX for functionality.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .stringparam
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/xmlto/format/fo/pdf
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 05 2009 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> - 0.0.21-5
+- fix stringparam option functionality
+
 * Tue Dec 16 2008 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> - 0.0.21-4
 - merge review(#226568)
   correct doc filelist attributes, add License GPL+ for xmlif