diff --git a/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc b/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc
index 9477762..08cb65c 100644
--- a/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc
+++ b/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Brad Hards <bradh@kde.org>
 // Copyright (C) 2008 Koji Otani <sho@bbr.jp>
 // Copyright (C) 2008 Hib Eris <hib@hiberis.nl>
+// Copyright (C) 2009 Thomas Freitag <Thomas.Freitag@alfa.de>
 //
 // To see a description of the changes please see the Changelog file that
 // came with your tarball or type make ChangeLog if you are building from git
@@ -493,6 +494,8 @@ static char *prolog[] = {
   "        pdfTextMat dtransform rmoveto } def",
   "/Tclip { pdfTextClipPath cvx exec clip newpath",
   "         /pdfTextClipPath [] def } def",
+  "/Tclip* { pdfTextClipPath cvx exec eoclip newpath",
+  "         /pdfTextClipPath [] def } def",
   "~1ns",
   "% Level 1 image operators",
   "~1n",
@@ -990,6 +993,7 @@ PSOutputDev::PSOutputDev(const char *fileName, XRef *xrefA, Catalog *catalog,
   embFontList = NULL;
   customColors = NULL;
   haveTextClip = gFalse;
+  haveCSPattern = gFalse;
   t3String = NULL;
 
   forceRasterize = forceRasterizeA;
@@ -1053,6 +1057,7 @@ PSOutputDev::PSOutputDev(PSOutputFunc outputFuncA, void *outputStreamA,
   embFontList = NULL;
   customColors = NULL;
   haveTextClip = gFalse;
+  haveCSPattern = gFalse;
   t3String = NULL;
 
   forceRasterize = forceRasterizeA;
@@ -4283,8 +4288,28 @@ void PSOutputDev::drawString(GfxState *state, GooString *s) {
   }
 }
 
+void PSOutputDev::beginTextObject(GfxState *state) {
+  if (state->getFillColorSpace()->getMode() == csPattern) {
+	  saveState(state);
+	  haveTextClip = gTrue;
+	  haveCSPattern = gTrue;
+	  savedRender = state->getRender();
+	  state->setRender(7);
+	  updateRender(state);
+  }
+}
+
 void PSOutputDev::endTextObject(GfxState *state) {
-  if (haveTextClip) {
+  if (haveCSPattern) {
+	  writePS("Tclip*\n");
+	  haveTextClip = gFalse;
+	  state->setRender(savedRender);
+	  haveCSPattern = gFalse;
+	  if (state->getFillColorSpace()->getMode() != csPattern) {
+		  restoreState(state);
+		  updateFillColor(state);
+	  }
+  } else if (haveTextClip) {
     writePS("Tclip\n");
     haveTextClip = gFalse;
   }
@@ -4899,7 +4924,7 @@ void PSOutputDev::doImageL2(Object *ref, GfxImageColorMap *colorMap,
 	       colorMap ? colorMap->getBits() : 1);
   }
 
-  // decode 
+  // decode
   if (colorMap) {
     writePS("  /Decode [");
     if ((level == psLevel2Sep || level == psLevel3Sep) &&
@@ -5192,7 +5217,7 @@ void PSOutputDev::doImageL3(Object *ref, GfxImageColorMap *colorMap,
 	       colorMap ? colorMap->getBits() : 1);
   }
 
-  // decode 
+  // decode
   if (colorMap) {
     writePS("  /Decode [");
     if ((level == psLevel2Sep || level == psLevel3Sep) &&
diff --git a/poppler/PSOutputDev.h b/poppler/PSOutputDev.h
index e490110..b718473 100644
--- a/poppler/PSOutputDev.h
+++ b/poppler/PSOutputDev.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2005 Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
 // Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org>
 // Copyright (C) 2007 Brad Hards <bradh@kde.org>
+// Copyright (C) 2009 Thomas Freitag <Thomas.Freitag@alfa.de>
 //
 // To see a description of the changes please see the Changelog file that
 // came with your tarball or type make ChangeLog if you are building from git
@@ -125,6 +126,10 @@ public:
   // text in Type 3 fonts will be drawn with drawChar/drawString.
   virtual GBool interpretType3Chars() { return gFalse; }
 
+  // This device now supports text in pattern colorspace!
+  virtual GBool supportTextCSPattern(GfxState *state)
+  	{ return state->getFillColorSpace()->getMode() == csPattern; }
+
   //----- header/trailer (used only if manualCtrl is true)
 
   // Write the document-level header.
@@ -400,6 +405,9 @@ private:
 
   GBool haveTextClip;		// set if text has been drawn with a
 				//   clipping render mode
+  GBool haveCSPattern;		// set if text has been drawn with a
+							//   clipping render mode because of pattern colorspace
+  int savedRender;			// use if pattern colorspace
 
   GBool inType3Char;		// inside a Type 3 CharProc
   GooString *t3String;		// Type 3 content string