diff --git a/product/ERP5Type/ZopePatch.py b/product/ERP5Type/ZopePatch.py
index 10acf4ca40abc633914e76b6402ff4addab833cd..b29bfcc58cd5d6c0be6ebce59458df717d914a4b 100644
--- a/product/ERP5Type/ZopePatch.py
+++ b/product/ERP5Type/ZopePatch.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ from Products.ERP5Type.patches import unicodeconflictresolver
 # dropped support for older versions.
 from Products.ERP5Type.patches import TransactionAddBeforeCommitHook
 from Products.ERP5Type.patches import ZopePageTemplate
+from Products.ERP5Type.patches import re_patch
 
 # These symbols are required for backward compatibility
 from Products.ERP5Type.patches.PropertyManager import ERP5PropertyManager
diff --git a/product/ERP5Type/patches/re_patch.py b/product/ERP5Type/patches/re_patch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bd9d2a4f00732bb983d2a741e80d35035f8f65a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/product/ERP5Type/patches/re_patch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010 Nexedi SA and Contributors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# WARNING: This program as such is intended to be used by professional
+# programmers who take the whole responsibility of assessing all potential
+# consequences resulting from its eventual inadequacies and bugs
+# End users who are looking for a ready-to-use solution with commercial
+# guarantees and support are strongly adviced to contract a Free Software
+# Service Company
+#
+# This program is Free Software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it 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.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# A business template exported by Python 2.4 may contain:
+# <klass>
+#   <global id="xxx" name="_compile" module="sre"/>
+# </klass>
+#
+# A business template exported by Python 2.6 may contain:
+# <klass>
+#   <global id="xxx" name="_compile" module="re"/>
+# </klass>
+#
+# Python 2.6 provides 'sre._compile', but Python 2.4 does not provide
+# 're._compile', so we provide re._compile here for the backward
+# compatilibility.
+
+import re
+if not hasattr(re, '_compile'):
+  import sre
+  re._compile = sre._compile
+  del sre
+del re