Yes that worked for me (though I just put it in a specific recipe that was causing the problem and haven't added it here yet.)

So what's up with http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-1367?focusedCommentId=20792&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-20792? Can one of us (with a CLA) resubmit the patch or what?

I suppose we should just add that monkey patch in here for the time being.