diff --git a/rails-2.0/app/models/mailer.rb b/rails-2.0/app/models/mailer.rb
index d85395981..257f57726 100644
--- a/rails-2.0/app/models/mailer.rb
+++ b/rails-2.0/app/models/mailer.rb
@@ -152,4 +152,9 @@ class Mailer < ActionMailer::Base
     body[:content_for_layout] = render(:file => method_name, :body => body)
     ActionView::Base.new(template_root, body, self).render(:file => "mailer/#{layout}")
   end
+  
+  # Makes partial rendering work with Rails 1.2 (retro-compatibility)
+  def self.controller_path
+    ''
+  end unless respond_to?('controller_path')
 end
diff --git a/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_add.text.html.rhtml b/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_add.text.html.rhtml
index adcb4c9fe..6d20c333f 100644
--- a/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_add.text.html.rhtml
+++ b/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_add.text.html.rhtml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <%= l(:text_issue_added, "##{@issue.id}") %>
 <hr />
-<%= render :file => "_issue_text_html", :use_full_path => true, :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>
+<%= render :partial => "issue_text_html", :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>
diff --git a/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_add.text.plain.rhtml b/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_add.text.plain.rhtml
index 797fb11b6..38c17e777 100644
--- a/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_add.text.plain.rhtml
+++ b/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_add.text.plain.rhtml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <%= l(:text_issue_added, "##{@issue.id}") %>
 ----------------------------------------
-<%= render :file => "_issue_text_plain", :use_full_path => true, :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>
+<%= render :partial => "issue_text_plain", :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>
diff --git a/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.html.rhtml b/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.html.rhtml
index 40d34968e..9af8592b4 100644
--- a/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.html.rhtml
+++ b/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.html.rhtml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 </ul>
 <%= textilizable(@journal.notes) %>
 <hr />
-<%= render :file => "_issue_text_html", :use_full_path => true, :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>
+<%= render :partial => "issue_text_html", :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>
diff --git a/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.plain.rhtml b/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.plain.rhtml
index 32019eaea..04b1bc54a 100644
--- a/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.plain.rhtml
+++ b/rails-2.0/app/views/mailer/issue_edit.text.plain.rhtml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 <% end %>
 <%= @journal.notes if @journal.notes? %>
 ----------------------------------------
-<%= render :file => "_issue_text_plain", :use_full_path => true, :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>
+<%= render :partial => "issue_text_plain", :locals => { :issue => @issue, :issue_url => @issue_url } %>