diff --git a/rails-2.1/vendor/plugins/rfpdf/init.rb b/rails-2.1/vendor/plugins/rfpdf/init.rb
index b59c853cd..339bacfdb 100644
--- a/rails-2.1/vendor/plugins/rfpdf/init.rb
+++ b/rails-2.1/vendor/plugins/rfpdf/init.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 require 'rfpdf'
 
-ActionView::Template::register_template_handler 'rfpdf', RFPDF::View
+begin
+  ActionView::Template::register_template_handler 'rfpdf', RFPDF::View
+rescue NameError
+  # Rails < 2.1
+  RFPDF::View.backward_compatibility_mode = true
+  ActionView::Base::register_template_handler 'rfpdf', RFPDF::View
+end
diff --git a/rails-2.1/vendor/plugins/rfpdf/lib/rfpdf/view.rb b/rails-2.1/vendor/plugins/rfpdf/lib/rfpdf/view.rb
index b93fbe76e..6b6267331 100644
--- a/rails-2.1/vendor/plugins/rfpdf/lib/rfpdf/view.rb
+++ b/rails-2.1/vendor/plugins/rfpdf/lib/rfpdf/view.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 module RFPDF
   
   class View
+    @@backward_compatibility_mode = false
+    cattr_accessor :backward_compatibility_mode
     
     def initialize(action_view)
       @action_view = action_view
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ module RFPDF
 			  local_assigns.each do |key,val|
 		  		class << self; self; end.send(:define_method,key){ val }
 				end
-        ERB.new(template.source).result(binding) 
+        ERB.new(@@backward_compatibility_mode == true ? template : template.source).result(binding) 
       end
     end