diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rq/rq.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rq/rq.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d57c7d0a71a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rq/rq.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -r b58e759f84db lib/rq/jobrunner.rb
+--- a/lib/rq/jobrunner.rb	Sun Sep 28 13:33:06 2008 +0200
++++ b/lib/rq/jobrunner.rb	Sun Sep 28 13:35:09 2008 +0200
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ unless defined? $__rq_jobrunner__
+ 
+         command =
+           if @sh_like 
+-            sin = "0<#{ @stdin }" if @stdin
++            sin = "0<#{ @stdin }" if @stdin and File.exist?(@stdin)
+             sout = "1>#{ @stdout }" if @stdout
+             serr = "2>#{ @stderr }" if @stderr
+             "( PATH=#{ path }:$PATH #{ command } ;) #{ sin } #{ sout } #{ serr }"