diff --git a/multimedia/openlibraries/matching-function.patch b/multimedia/openlibraries/matching-function.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40690d940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/openlibraries/matching-function.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../openlibraries/matching-function.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+
+  Original patch from http://openlibraries.cvs.sourceforge.net/openlibraries/openlibraries/src/openobjectlib/sg/appearance.cpp?r1=1.18&r2=1.19&view=patch
+  but slightly adjusted.
+
+--- a/src/openobjectlib/sg/appearance.cpp	2007/05/17 18:48:19	1.18
++++ b/src/openobjectlib/sg/appearance.cpp	2007/07/20 10:16:31	1.19
+@@ -53,12 +53,15 @@
+ 		
+ 		opl::wstring filename_;
+ 	};
+-	
++
+ 	bool find_url_availability( const opl::m_url& m, fs::path& p )
+ 	{
+ 		typedef opl::m_url::const_iterator const_iterator;
+-		
+-		const_iterator I = std::find_if( m.begin( ), m.end( ), fs::exists );
++
++		//M> for some reason it MSVC8 doesnt like this call, and needs help with the template types
++		typedef bool (*fileSystemFunc)( const boost::filesystem::path & ph );
++
++		const_iterator I = std::find_if<opl::m_url::const_iterator, fileSystemFunc>(m.begin() , m.end(), fs::exists );
+ 		if( I != m.end( ) )
+ 		{
+ 			p = *I;
diff --git a/multimedia/openlibraries/openlibraries.conf b/multimedia/openlibraries/openlibraries.conf
index b37a2d96c..89de00358 100644
--- a/multimedia/openlibraries/openlibraries.conf
+++ b/multimedia/openlibraries/openlibraries.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 # 
 # Filename: package/.../openlibraries/openlibraries.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # 
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.