diff --git a/src/documentation/xdocs/book.xml b/src/documentation/xdocs/book.xml
index 1ba77670e..9a6532489 100644
--- a/src/documentation/xdocs/book.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/xdocs/book.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     <menu-item label="Contributing" href="contrib.html"/>
     <menu-item label="Branching" href="branching.html"/>
     <menu-item label="Bug Database" href="http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?product=POI"/>
+    <menu-item label="Patches" href="http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?product=POI&amp;short_desc=%5BPATCH%5D&amp;short_desc_type=allwordssubstr"/>
     <menu-item label="CVS" href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/cvsindex.html"/>
     <menu-item label="Mail Lists" href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html"/>
   </menu>