diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/build_patches.sh b/vendor/assets/javascripts/build_patches.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..931e2a69a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/assets/javascripts/build_patches.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+diff -u jquery-ui-autocomplete-1.10.2.js jquery-ui-autocomplete-custom.js > jquery-ui-autocomplete.patch
diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui-autocomplete-custom.js b/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui-autocomplete-custom.js
index 7f29fbdf9..9f0399bec 100644
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui-autocomplete-custom.js
+++ b/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui-autocomplete-custom.js
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
           suppressKeyPress = true;
           this._keyEvent( "next", event );
           break;
+        case keyCode.SPACE:
         case keyCode.ENTER:
         case keyCode.NUMPAD_ENTER:
           // when menu is open and has focus
diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui-autocomplete.patch b/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui-autocomplete.patch
index 7c36ef69a..7459c4899 100644
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui-autocomplete.patch
+++ b/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui-autocomplete.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 --- jquery-ui-autocomplete-1.10.2.js	2013-06-21 11:19:32.000000000 -0700
-+++ jquery-ui-autocomplete-custom.js	2013-06-21 11:20:52.000000000 -0700
-@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
++++ jquery-ui-autocomplete-custom.js	2013-06-21 11:34:35.000000000 -0700
+@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
+           suppressKeyPress = true;
+           this._keyEvent( "next", event );
+           break;
++        case keyCode.SPACE:
+         case keyCode.ENTER:
+         case keyCode.NUMPAD_ENTER:
+           // when menu is open and has focus
+@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
            if ( this.menu.active ) {
              this.menu.select( event );
            }