diff --git a/src/org/mockito/internal/matchers/LocalizedMatcher.java b/src/org/mockito/internal/matchers/LocalizedMatcher.java
index 01e83b3..7d249f5 100644
--- a/src/org/mockito/internal/matchers/LocalizedMatcher.java
+++ b/src/org/mockito/internal/matchers/LocalizedMatcher.java
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ public class LocalizedMatcher implements Matcher, ContainsExtraTypeInformation,
     private final Matcher actualMatcher;
     private Location location;
 
+    /* This is a hack for Fedora. Bug has been filed here:
+     * https://code.google.com/p/mockito/issues/detail?id=428 */
+    public void describeMismatch(Object item, Description mismatchDescription) {
+        mismatchDescription.appendText("was ").appendValue(item);
+    }
+
     public LocalizedMatcher(Matcher actualMatcher) {
         this.actualMatcher = actualMatcher;
         this.location = new Location();
@@ -65,4 +71,4 @@ public class LocalizedMatcher implements Matcher, ContainsExtraTypeInformation,
     public Matcher getActualMatcher() {
         return actualMatcher;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}