diff --git a/dev-php/PEAR-PEAR/files/1.6.2-accept-encoding-bug_12116.patch b/dev-php/PEAR-PEAR/files/1.6.2-accept-encoding-bug_12116.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-php/PEAR-PEAR/files/1.6.2-accept-encoding-bug_12116.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=12116
+Index: PEAR/REST.php
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /repository/pear-core/PEAR/REST.php,v
+retrieving revision 1.22
+diff -u -r1.22 REST.php
+--- PEAR/REST.php	10 Jun 2007 04:16:51 -0000	1.22
++++ PEAR/REST.php	25 Sep 2007 18:40:13 -0000
+@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@
+         if ($accept) {
+             $request .= 'Accept: ' . implode(', ', $accept) . "\r\n";
+         }
++        $request .= "Accept-Encoding:\r\n";
+         $request .= "Connection: close\r\n";
+         $request .= "\r\n";
+         if ($proxy_host != '') {