diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libzypp/libzypp/config-release.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/libzypp/libzypp/config-release.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9128237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libzypp/libzypp/config-release.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Configure distro version package
+
+We need to configure a package that the system can use to determine the
+system distribution version.
+
+Hack: for now set to task-poky-rpm.
+
+Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
+
+diff -ur git.orig/zypp/ZConfig.cc git/zypp/ZConfig.cc
+--- git.orig/zypp/ZConfig.cc	2011-03-14 16:30:07.492786134 -0500
++++ git/zypp/ZConfig.cc	2011-03-15 11:39:15.396801927 -0500
+@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
+   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ 
+   std::string ZConfig::distroverpkg() const
+-  { return "redhat-release"; }
++  { return "task-poky-rpm"; }
+ 
+   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libzypp/libzypp_git.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/libzypp/libzypp_git.bb
index 825339d..621ce45 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/libzypp/libzypp_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libzypp/libzypp_git.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "sat-solver"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 PV = "0.0-git${SRCPV}"
-PR = "r7"
+PR = "r8"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://gitorious.org/opensuse/libzypp.git;protocol=git \
            file://no-doc.patch \
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://gitorious.org/opensuse/libzypp.git;protocol=git \
            file://builtin-arch.patch;apply=no \
            file://no-builtin-arch.patch;apply=no \
            file://archconf.patch;apply=no \
+	   file://config-release.patch \
           "
 
 SRC_URI_append_mips = " file://mips-workaround-gcc-tribool-error.patch"