diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm-2/matchbox-wm-2/fix_makefile.patch b/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm-2/matchbox-wm-2/fix_makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c40e85848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm-2/matchbox-wm-2/fix_makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com> 2011/05/10
+Fix following build error:
+| Makefile:734: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?).  Stop.
+| ERROR: oe_runmake failed
+
+Index: matchbox-window-manager-2/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- matchbox-window-manager-2.orig/Makefile.am
++++ matchbox-window-manager-2/Makefile.am
+@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ SUBDIRS = matchbox data doc util
+ # Extra clean files so that maintainer-clean removes *everything*
+ 
+ snapshot:
+-        $(MAKE) dist distdir=$(PACKAGE)-snapshot-`date +"%Y%m%d"`
++	$(MAKE) dist distdir=$(PACKAGE)-snapshot-`date +"%Y%m%d"`
+ 
+ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = aclocal.m4 compile config.guess config.sub configure depcomp install-sh ltmain.sh Makefile.in missing
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm-2/matchbox-wm-2_svn.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm-2/matchbox-wm-2_svn.bb
index 2eb12e14e4..786406da9c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm-2/matchbox-wm-2_svn.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm-2/matchbox-wm-2_svn.bb
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://matchbox/core/mb-wm.h;endline=21;md5=1b1d328a52790635
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libx11 libxext libxrender startup-notification expat gconf pango libxdamage libxcomposite gtk+"
 
 PV = "0.0+svnr${SRCPV}"
-PR = "r4"
+PR = "r5"
 
 SRC_URI = "svn://svn.o-hand.com/repos/matchbox/trunk;module=matchbox-window-manager-2;proto=http \
+	file://fix_makefile.patch \
 	  "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/matchbox-window-manager-2"