diff --git a/nut-2.6.0-usbget.patch b/nut-2.6.0-usbget.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d9242a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nut-2.6.0-usbget.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Index: /trunk/drivers/libhid.c
+===================================================================
+--- trunk/drivers/libhid.c (revision 2719)
++++ trunk/drivers/libhid.c (revision 2893)
+@@ -142,5 +142,4 @@
+ 	int	id = pData->ReportID;
+ 	int	r;
+-	unsigned char	buf[SMALLBUF];
+ 
+ 	if (rbuf->ts[id] + age > time(NULL)) {
+@@ -150,15 +149,12 @@
+ 	}
+ 
+-	r = comm_driver->get_report(udev, id, buf, sizeof(buf));
++	r = comm_driver->get_report(udev, id, rbuf->data[id], rbuf->len[id]);
+ 	if (r <= 0) {
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	/* broken report descriptors are common, so store whatever we can */
+-	memcpy(rbuf->data[id], buf, (r < rbuf->len[id]) ? r : rbuf->len[id]);
+-
+ 	if (rbuf->len[id] != r) {
+ 		upsdebugx(2, "%s: expected %d bytes, but got %d instead", __func__, rbuf->len[id], r);
+-		upsdebug_hex(3, "Report[err]", buf, r);
++		upsdebug_hex(3, "Report[err]", rbuf->data[id], r);
+ 	} else {
+ 		upsdebug_hex(3, "Report[get]", rbuf->data[id], rbuf->len[id]);
diff --git a/nut.spec b/nut.spec
index ea8a52a..4133a5e 100644
--- a/nut.spec
+++ b/nut.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Summary: Network UPS Tools
 Name: nut
 Version: 2.6.0
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 Group: Applications/System
 License: GPLv2+
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Source3: nut-client.tmpfiles
 
 Patch0: nut-2.2.1-conf.patch
 
+#for nut < 2.6.1
+Patch1: nut-2.6.0-usbget.patch
+
 Requires(pre): udev
 Requires(post): fileutils chkconfig initscripts
 Requires(postun): fileutils chkconfig initscripts
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ necessary to develop NUT client applications.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .conf
+%patch1 -p1 -b .usbget
 sed -i 's|=NUT-Monitor|=nut-monitor|'  scripts/python/app/nut-monitor.desktop
 sed -i "s|sys.argv\[0\]|'%{_datadir}/%{name}/nut-monitor/nut-monitor'|" scripts/python/app/NUT-Monitor
 sed -i 's|LIBSSL_LDFLAGS|LIBSSL_LIBS|' lib/libupsclient-config.in
@@ -361,6 +365,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libupsclient.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 21 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 2.6.0-8
+- fix usb report reading (#698512)
+
 * Thu Apr 21 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 2.6.0-7
 - nut-hal should be obsoleted to prevent broken dependency in yum