diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 20c78af072..32b62196e7 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/clucene-contribs-lib.patch               \
   %D%/packages/patches/cursynth-wave-rand.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/cyrus-sasl-CVE-2013-4122.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/dblatex-remove-multirow.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/dbus-helper-search-path.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/dfu-programmer-fix-libusb.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/diffutils-gets-undeclared.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/docbook.scm b/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
index 7a309b0bc9..189ece01ab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/docbook.scm
@@ -180,11 +180,41 @@ by no means limited to these applications.)  This package provides XML DTDs.")
                                   version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0pdizc5rjywwzxa1qqhdmba5zr35pbmdwbysalsid7xw87w3kq06"))))
+                "0pdizc5rjywwzxa1qqhdmba5zr35pbmdwbysalsid7xw87w3kq06"))
+              (patches (search-patches "dblatex-remove-multirow.patch"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     ;; TODO: Add xfig/transfig for fig2dev utility
     (inputs
-     `(("texlive" ,texlive)
+     `(("texlive" ,(texlive-union (list texlive-latex-amsfonts
+                                        texlive-latex-anysize
+                                        texlive-latex-appendix
+                                        texlive-latex-changebar
+                                        texlive-latex-colortbl
+                                        texlive-latex-eepic
+                                        texlive-latex-eso-pic
+                                        texlive-latex-fancybox
+                                        texlive-latex-fancyhdr
+                                        texlive-latex-fancyvrb
+                                        texlive-latex-float
+                                        texlive-latex-footmisc
+                                        texlive-latex-hyperref
+                                        texlive-latex-jknapltx
+                                        texlive-latex-listings
+                                        texlive-latex-multirow
+                                        texlive-latex-oberdiek
+                                        texlive-latex-overpic
+                                        texlive-latex-pdfpages
+                                        texlive-latex-subfigure
+                                        texlive-latex-titlesec
+                                        texlive-latex-url
+                                        texlive-latex-wasysym
+
+                                        texlive-fonts-amsfonts
+                                        texlive-fonts-ec
+                                        texlive-fonts-rsfs
+                                        texlive-fonts-stmaryrd
+
+                                        texlive-generic-ifxetex)))
        ("imagemagick" ,imagemagick)     ;for convert
        ("inkscape" ,inkscape)           ;for svg conversion
        ("docbook" ,docbook-xml)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/dblatex-remove-multirow.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/dblatex-remove-multirow.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62d1c64e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/dblatex-remove-multirow.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+This patch is needed to fix dblatex with newer versions of TeX Live.
+It was taken from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840189
+
+--- a/latex/style/dbk_table.sty	Sun Oct 02 23:21:03 2016 +0200
++++ b/latex/style/dbk_table.sty	Mon Oct 10 21:31:00 2016 +0200
+@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
+ \usepackage{longtable}
+ \usepackage{lscape}
+ \usepackage{colortbl}
+-\usepackage{multirow}
+ \usepackage{calc}
+ \usepackage{hhline}
+
+@@ -21,16 +20,6 @@
+   \expandafter[\expandafter3\expandafter]\expandafter{%
+   \multicolumn{#1}{#2}{#3}}
+
+-% Make \@xmultirow long
+-\expandafter\long\expandafter\def%
+-\expandafter\@xmultirow%
+-\expandafter#\expandafter1%
+-\expandafter[\expandafter#\expandafter2\expandafter]%
+-\expandafter#\expandafter3%
+-\expandafter[\expandafter#\expandafter4\expandafter]%
+-\expandafter#\expandafter5%
+-\expandafter{\@xmultirow{#1}[#2]{#3}[#4]{#5}}
+-
+ % For the newtbl code
+ \newdimen\newtblstarfactor%
+ \newdimen\newtblsparewidth%