diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/use-nonet-for-docbook.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/use-nonet-for-docbook.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8aa537b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/use-nonet-for-docbook.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+We get errors like
+
+| /bin/mkdir -p man/ && /home/kraj/work/angstrom/build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-uclibc/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/bin/xsltproc -o man/systemd.1 --nonet --param funcsynopsis.style
+ "'ansi'" http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl man/systemd.xml
+| I/O error : Attempt to load network entity http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl
+| warning: failed to load external entity "http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl"
+| cannot parse http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl
+| make[1]: *** [man/systemd.1] Error 4
+| make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kraj/work/angstrom/build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-uclibc/work/armv5teb-angstrom-linux-uclibceabi/systemd-git-r4/git'
+| make: *** [all] Error 2
+| + die 'oe_runmake failed'
+| + bbfatal 'oe_runmake failed'
+| + echo 'ERROR: oe_runmake failed'
+| ERROR: oe_runmake failed
+| + exit 1
+
+This patch disables --nonet option to xsltproc
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+
+--- git/Makefile.am.org	2011-06-30 16:07:21.715269183 -0700
++++ git/Makefile.am	2011-06-30 16:07:26.805269182 -0700
+@@ -1315,7 +1315,6 @@ endif
+ 
+ if HAVE_XSLTPROC
+ XSLTPROC_FLAGS = \
+-	--nonet \
+ 	--param funcsynopsis.style "'ansi'"
+ 
+ XSLTPROC_PROCESS_MAN = \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_git.bb
index c750b2f7c1..40b93b8e59 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_git.bb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ inherit gitpkgv
 PKGV = "v${GITPKGVTAG}"
 
 PV = "git"
-PR = "r4"
+PR = "r5"
 
 inherit autotools vala
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SRCREV = "8585357a0e5e9f4d56e999d7cd1a73e77ae0eb80"
 SRC_URI = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd;protocol=git \
            file://0001-systemd-disable-xml-file-stuff-and-introspection.patch \
            file://paper-over-mkostemp.patch \
+           file://use-nonet-for-docbook.patch \
           "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"