diff --git a/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/.gitignore b/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/.gitignore
index 4ef5aeeb..cc7d5336 100644
--- a/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 !.gitignore
 !PKGBUILD
 !*.install
+!*.patch
diff --git a/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/PKGBUILD b/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/PKGBUILD
index 1c7beb2d..f05a0042 100644
--- a/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -21,15 +21,22 @@ conflicts=('python-powerline-git')
 replaces=('powerline-git')
 install="${_gitname}.install"
 source=("${_gitname}::git://github.com/Lokaltog/${_gitname}.git#branch=${_gitbranch}"
+	"fontpatcher.py.patch"
 	"${install}")
 sha256sums=('SKIP'
-	'e8ab7fb51ac7244bfad973a999c9333ba4334fa391aa890489cf8c8f1211c94f')
+            '85576097662ab4203968b5fba1d59ec2653a390cdd4db9cee8ffa7bd4c5a7253'
+            'e8ab7fb51ac7244bfad973a999c9333ba4334fa391aa890489cf8c8f1211c94f')
 
 pkgver() {
 	cd "${_gitname}"
 	echo "$(git rev-list --count ${_gitbranch}).$(git rev-parse --short ${_gitbranch})"
 }
 
+prepare() {
+	cd "${srcdir}/${_gitname}"
+	patch -p1 < ../fontpatcher.py.patch
+}
+
 package() {
 	cd "${_gitname}"
 	python2 setup.py install --root="${pkgdir}" --optimize=1 || return 1
@@ -42,6 +49,12 @@ package() {
 	install -m644 "font/10-powerline-symbols.conf" "${pkgdir}/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-powerline-symbols.conf"
 	ln -s "../conf.avail/10-powerline-symbols.conf" "${pkgdir}/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-powerline-symbols.conf"
 
+	msg2 "Installing fontpatcher..."
+	install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/$_gitname"
+	install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
+	install -m755 "font/fontpatcher.py" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
+	install -m644 "font/fontpatcher-symbols.sfd" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/$_gitname"
+
 	msg2 "Installing vim plugin..."
 	install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin"
 	install -m644 "powerline/bindings/vim/plugin/powerline.vim" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/powerline.vim"
diff --git a/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/fontpatcher.py.patch b/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/fontpatcher.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb394ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/archlinux/python2-powerline-git/fontpatcher.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/font/fontpatcher.py b/font/fontpatcher.py
+index e2bbf2a..aa172f6 100755
+--- a/font/fontpatcher.py
++++ b/font/fontpatcher.py
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ except ImportError:
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Font patcher for Powerline. Requires FontForge with Python bindings. Stores the patched font as a new, renamed font file by default.')
+ parser.add_argument('target_fonts', help='font files to patch', metavar='font', nargs='+', type=argparse.FileType('rb'))
+ parser.add_argument('--no-rename', help='don\'t add " for Powerline" to the font name', default=True, action='store_false', dest='rename_font')
+-parser.add_argument('--source-font', help='source symbol font', metavar='font', dest='source_font', default='{0}/fontpatcher-symbols.sfd'.format(sys.path[0]), type=argparse.FileType('rb'))
++parser.add_argument('--source-font', help='source symbol font', metavar='font', dest='source_font', default='/usr/share/powerline/fontpatcher-symbols.sfd', type=argparse.FileType('rb'))
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+ 
+