diff --git a/devel/itext/Makefile b/devel/itext/Makefile
index 4110a113cbce..4c1336c17edd 100644
--- a/devel/itext/Makefile
+++ b/devel/itext/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	itext
 PORTVERSION=	4.2.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel java
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
diff --git a/devel/itext/files/patch-core_com_lowagie_text_pdf_PRTokeniser.java b/devel/itext/files/patch-core_com_lowagie_text_pdf_PRTokeniser.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9d3044f4773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/itext/files/patch-core_com_lowagie_text_pdf_PRTokeniser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- core/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PRTokeniser.java.orig	2012-07-03 16:02:24.000000000 +0200
++++ core/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PRTokeniser.java	2012-07-03 16:03:30.000000000 +0200
+@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@
+                 }
+             }
+         }
++        if (level > 0) {
++            file.seek(ptr);
++            type = TK_NUMBER;
++            stringValue = n1;
++            return;
++        }
+         // if we hit here, the file is either corrupt (stream ended unexpectedly),
+         // or the last token ended exactly at the end of a stream.  This last
+         // case can occur inside an Object Stream.