diff --git a/dev-python/enable/enable-4.5.1.ebuild b/dev-python/enable/enable-4.5.1.ebuild
index 300c03c337aae..2865b67962457 100644
--- a/dev-python/enable/enable-4.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/enable/enable-4.5.1.ebuild
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.4.1-swig.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gcc-5.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-doc.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-version.patch
 	)
 
 python_prepare_all() {
diff --git a/dev-python/enable/files/enable-4.5.1-doc.patch b/dev-python/enable/files/enable-4.5.1-doc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c9cc1ff2e3cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/enable/files/enable-4.5.1-doc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 41134b03b96b741d95554846841c189313052265 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: John Wiggins <jwiggins@enthought.com>
+Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:40:07 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Read the docs version directly from enable._version
+
+---
+ docs/source/conf.py | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
+index 10b7552..995e315 100644
+--- a/docs/source/conf.py
++++ b/docs/source/conf.py
+@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
+ # The default replacements for |version| and |release|, also used in various
+ # other places throughout the built documents.
+ d = {}
+-execfile(os.path.join('..', '..', 'enable', '__init__.py'), d)
+-version = release = d['__version__']
++execfile(os.path.join('..', '..', 'enable', '_version.py'), d)
++version = release = d['full_version']
+ 
+ # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
+ # non-false value, then it is used:
diff --git a/dev-python/enable/files/enable-4.5.1-version.patch b/dev-python/enable/files/enable-4.5.1-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1dd3fe42775e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/enable/files/enable-4.5.1-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From f91c824ebad74e8c23e62fe3390842c5fe322aee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: itziakos <ioannist@enthought.com>
+Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 22:52:42 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] check the enable._version.py when installing from source
+
+---
+ setup.py | 7 ++++---
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index f765f51..3328b93 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ def write_version_py(filename):
+     fullversion = VERSION
+     if os.path.exists('.git'):
+         git_revision, dev_num = git_version()
+-    elif os.path.exists('kiva/_version.py'):
++    # All packages are synced with the enable version
++    elif os.path.exists('enable/_version.py'):
+         # must be a source distribution, use existing version file
+         try:
+-            from kiva._version import git_revision, full_version
++            from enable._version import git_revision, full_version
+         except ImportError:
+             raise ImportError("Unable to import git_revision. Try removing "
+-                              "kiva/_version.py and the build directory "
++                              "enable/_version.py and the build directory "
+                               "before building.")
+ 
+         match = re.match(r'.*?\.dev(?P<dev_num>\d+)', full_version)