diff --git a/zoneminder.conf b/zoneminder.conf
index 3e61dcc..4a4d932 100644
--- a/zoneminder.conf
+++ b/zoneminder.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Alias /zm "/usr/share/zoneminder/www"
     AllowOverride All
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
+    # The code unfortunately uses short tags in many places
+    php_value short_open_tag 1
+
 Deny from all # DELETE THIS LINE
 </Directory>
 
diff --git a/zoneminder.spec b/zoneminder.spec
index 1c8ca12..02209f6 100644
--- a/zoneminder.spec
+++ b/zoneminder.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name:       zoneminder
 Version:    1.24.2
-Release:    5%{?dist}
+Release:    6%{?dist}
 Summary:    A camera monitoring and analysis tool
 Group:      System Environment/Daemons
 # jscalendar is LGPL (any version):  http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 25 2011 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu> - 1.24.2-6
+- Force short_open_tag on in the apache .conf file.  Fixes rhbz #556166.
+
 * Wed Jun 02 2010 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano@redhat.com> - 1.24.2-5
 - Mass rebuild with perl-5.12.0