diff --git a/net/ruby-xmlrpc/Makefile b/net/ruby-xmlrpc/Makefile
index 727b8df91826..00b34097ae48 100644
--- a/net/ruby-xmlrpc/Makefile
+++ b/net/ruby-xmlrpc/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	xmlrpc
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.11
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.12
 CATEGORIES=	net ruby
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.fantasy-coders.de/ruby/xmlrpc4r/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${RUBY_SITEARCHLIBDIR}/xmlparser.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ruby-xmlpa
 # Alternative to ruby-xmlparser:
 #     NQXML
 #		${RUBY_SITELIBDIR}/nqxml/info.rb:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ruby-nqxml
-#     REXML (not fully supported yet)
+#     REXML
 #		${RUBY_SITELIBDIR}/rexml/rexml.rb:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/ruby-rexml
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
diff --git a/net/ruby-xmlrpc/distinfo b/net/ruby-xmlrpc/distinfo
index 5e5f96fa35d9..5d69734a42d5 100644
--- a/net/ruby-xmlrpc/distinfo
+++ b/net/ruby-xmlrpc/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (ruby/xmlrpc4r-1_7_11.tar.gz) = 8beda061ca31fcfe946435165c7fdecf
+MD5 (ruby/xmlrpc4r-1_7_12.tar.gz) = d75d5f4d878afe1b18643312820ccb13
diff --git a/net/ruby-xmlrpc/files/patch-config.rb b/net/ruby-xmlrpc/files/patch-config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfea1d53544f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ruby-xmlrpc/files/patch-config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- lib/config.rb.orig	Tue Jun 18 03:56:29 2002
++++ lib/config.rb	Thu Oct 24 06:14:18 2002
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+     #   * XMLParser::XMLTreeParser
+     #   * XMLParser::XMLStreamParser (fastest)
+     #   * XMLParser::REXMLStreamParser
+-    DEFAULT_PARSER = XMLParser::NQXMLStreamParser 
++    DEFAULT_PARSER = XMLParser::XMLStreamParser
+ 
+     # enable <nil/> tag
+     ENABLE_NIL_CREATE    = false