diff --git a/pilot-link-0.12.2-Zire.patch b/pilot-link-0.12.2-Zire.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9019fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pilot-link-0.12.2-Zire.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up pilot-link-0.12.2/libpisock/usb.c.pom pilot-link-0.12.2/libpisock/usb.c
+--- pilot-link-0.12.2/libpisock/usb.c.pom	2008-02-07 15:03:58.000000000 +0100
++++ pilot-link-0.12.2/libpisock/usb.c	2008-02-07 15:02:51.000000000 +0100
+@@ -810,7 +810,8 @@ pi_usb_dev_t known_devices[] = {
+ 	{
+ 		.vendor 	= 0x0830,
+ 		.product 	= 0x0061,
++		.idstr 		= "Zire 31, 72, Z22",
++		.flags		= USB_INIT_TAPWAVE,
+-		.idstr 		= "Zire 31, 72",
+ 	},
+ 
+ 	{
diff --git a/pilot-link.spec b/pilot-link.spec
index fcc6422..ee49c50 100644
--- a/pilot-link.spec
+++ b/pilot-link.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name: pilot-link
 Version: 0.12.2
-Release: 17%{?dist}
+Release: 18%{?dist}
 Epoch: 2
 License: GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and TCL
 Group: Applications/Communications
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Patch5: pilot-link-0.12.2-m4.patch
 Patch6: pilot-link-0.12.2-open.patch
 Patch7: pilot-link-0.12.2-NR70V.patch
 Patch8: pilot-link-0.12.2-md5.patch
+Patch9: pilot-link-0.12.2-Zire.patch
 
 Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig
 Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ need to install pilot-link-devel.
 %patch6 -p1 -b .open
 %patch7 -p1 -b .NR70V
 %patch8 -p1 -b .md5
+%patch9 -p1 -b .Zire
 
 %build
 autoreconf -is
@@ -189,6 +191,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/*.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb  7 2008 Ivana Varekova <varekova@redhat.com> - 2:0.12.2-18
+- apply Tom Billet's patch for libusb & Z22 
+  thanks Joe Christy and Kevin R. Page
+
 * Wed Jan  9 2008 Ivana Varekova <varekova@redhat.com> - 2:0.12.2-17
 - remove visor modul remove from %post script
 - Change README.fedora use "ttyUSB[13579]" in 60-pilot.rules