diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f5a3218eb6..13698cdf41 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ gtk+3.0 (3.4.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Update Vcs-* URLs.
   * Remove --enable-xinput configure flag as xinput support is no longer
     optional and this flag has thus been removed upstream.
+  * debian/patches/071_fix-installation-of-HTML-images.patch: Fix installation
+    of HTML images for out-of-tree builds when using absolute paths.
+    Closes: #656803
 
- -- Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:19:01 +0200
+ -- Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>  Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:13:46 +0200
 
 gtk+3.0 (3.4.0-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/071_fix-installation-of-HTML-images.patch b/debian/patches/071_fix-installation-of-HTML-images.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba8c2cb5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/071_fix-installation-of-HTML-images.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 4c220ef6650afeba334570ad00db0a95c9ba38e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
+Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:29:09 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix installation of HTML images for absolute paths
+
+when using out-of-tree builds.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674163
+---
+ gtk-doc.make |    4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gtk-doc.make b/gtk-doc.make
+index 6664c16..e401468 100644
+--- a/gtk-doc.make
++++ b/gtk-doc.make
+@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ html-build.stamp: sgml.stamp $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) $(content_files)
+ 	  if test -f $(abs_srcdir)/$$file ; then \
+ 	    cp $(abs_srcdir)/$$file $(abs_builddir)/html; \
+ 	  fi; \
+-	  if test -f $(abs_builddir)/$$file ; then \
+-	    cp $(abs_builddir)/$$file $(abs_builddir)/html; \
++	  if test -f $$file ; then \
++	    cp $$file $(abs_builddir)/html; \
+ 	  fi; \
+ 	done;
+ 	@echo '  DOC   Fixing cross-references'
+-- 
+1.7.10
+
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 906f350217..6607db83aa 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 060_ignore-random-icons.patch
 061_multiarch_module_fallback.patch
 070_revert-widget-set-up-signals-after-initializing.patch
+071_fix-installation-of-HTML-images.patch