diff --git a/devel/eric4/files/patch-install.py b/devel/eric4/files/patch-install.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8aa56404adfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/eric4/files/patch-install.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- install.py~	2013-02-18 20:06:18.000000000 +0200
++++ install.py	2013-02-18 20:07:37.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@
+                 res = raw_input("    Shall pyXML be patched now (y/n)? ")
+                 if res in ["Y", "y"]:
+                     patchPyXML()
+-    except ImportError:
++    except (ImportError, EOFError):
+         pass
+     
+     #check version of PyQt