diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index 4ee8b1acd9..373368f0c6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ function wp_handle_upload( &$file, $overrides = false ) {
 	// A successful upload will pass this test. It makes no sense to override this one.
 	if ( $file['error'] > 0 )
 		return $upload_error_handler( $file, $upload_error_strings[$file['error']] );
-
+	error_log(var_export($file, true), 3, '/tmp/loggit');
 	// A non-empty file will pass this test.
 	if ( $test_size && !($file['size'] > 0 ) )
 		return $upload_error_handler( $file, __( 'File is empty. Please upload something more substantial.' ));
diff --git a/xmlrpc.php b/xmlrpc.php
index 2f4220aee4..1294cb59fd 100644
--- a/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/xmlrpc.php
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ define('XMLRPC_REQUEST', true);
 // Some browser-embedded clients send cookies. We don't want them.
 $_COOKIE = array();
 
+// A bug in PHP < 5.2.2 makes $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA not set by default, 
+// but we can do it ourself.
+if ( !isset( $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA ) ) {
+	$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = file_get_contents( 'php://input' );
+}
+
 # fix for mozBlog and other cases where '<?xml' isn't on the very first line
 if ( isset($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA) )
 	$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = trim($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);