diff --git a/needs.rebuild b/needs.rebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 815fd29..0000000
--- a/needs.rebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/Schedule/FC6MassRebuild
diff --git a/octave-2.9.8-misc.patch b/octave-2.9.8-misc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fc654f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/octave-2.9.8-misc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Index: liboctave/mx-inlines.cc
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvs/octave/liboctave/mx-inlines.cc,v
+retrieving revision 1.49
+retrieving revision 1.50
+diff -u -r1.49 -r1.50
+--- liboctave/mx-inlines.cc	22 Aug 2006 18:37:43 -0000	1.49
++++ liboctave/mx-inlines.cc	26 Aug 2006 03:02:39 -0000	1.50
+@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@
+         } \
+     } \
+  \
++  if (nd == 2 && dv(0) == 0 && dv(1) == 0) \
++    { \
++      retval.resize (dim_vector (1, 1), INIT_VAL); \
++      return retval; \
++    } \
++ \
+   /* We need to find first non-singleton dim.  */ \
+  \
+   if (dim == -1) \
diff --git a/octave.spec b/octave.spec
index 206d9f6..b48bab2 100644
--- a/octave.spec
+++ b/octave.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Name:           octave
 Version:        2.9.8
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        A high-level language for numerical computations
 Epoch:          6
 
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
 License:        GPL
 Source:         ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/bleeding-edge/octave-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:         octave-2.9.8-misc.patch
 URL:            http://www.octave.org
 Requires:       gnuplot less info texinfo 
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ applications which use GNU Octave.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p0
 
 
 %build
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /sbin/ldconfig
 /sbin/install-info --info-dir=%{_infodir} --section="Programming" \
 	%{_infodir}/octave.info.gz
- 
+
 %preun
 if [ "$1" = "0" ]; then
    /sbin/install-info --delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/octave.info.gz
@@ -123,6 +125,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 15 2006 Quentin Spencer <qspencer@users.sourceforge.net> 2.9.8-2
+- Fix this bug:
+  https://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/bug-octave/2006-September/000687.html
+
 * Fri Aug 25 2006 Quentin Spencer <qspencer@users.sourceforge.net> 2.9.8-1
 - New release. Remove old patch. This fixes bug #203676.