diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf2b547..6cbaba0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ docs/_build
 env/
 .workon
 dist/
-tests/samples/misc/*-svglib.pdf
+tests/samples/misc/*.pdf
+tests/samples/others/*.pdf
 tests/samples/wikipedia/flags
 tests/samples/wikipedia/symbols
 tests/samples/W3C_SVG_12_TinyTestSuite.tar.gz
diff --git a/svglib/svglib.py b/svglib/svglib.py
index 727b669..b2cf86b 100755
--- a/svglib/svglib.py
+++ b/svglib/svglib.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import shlex
 import shutil
+import sys
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
 
 from reportlab.pdfbase.pdfmetrics import stringWidth
@@ -1320,7 +1321,7 @@ def applyStyleOnShape(self, shape, node, only_explicit=False):
         mappingN = (
             (["fill"], "fillColor", "convertColor", ["black"]),
             (["fill-opacity"], "fillOpacity", "convertOpacity", [1]),
-            (["fill-rule"], "_fillRule", "convertFillRule", ["nonzero"]),
+            (["fill-rule"], "fillMode", "convertFillRule", ["nonzero"]),
             (["stroke"], "strokeColor", "convertColor", ["none"]),
             (["stroke-width"], "strokeWidth", "convertLength", ["1"]),
             (["stroke-opacity"], "strokeOpacity", "convertOpacity", [1]),
@@ -1378,7 +1379,9 @@ def applyStyleOnShape(self, shape, node, only_explicit=False):
                     meth = getattr(ac, func)
                     setattr(shape, rlgAttr, meth(*svgAttrValues))
                 except (AttributeError, KeyError, ValueError):
-                    logger.debug("Exception during applyStyleOnShape")
+                    logger.debug("applyStyleOnShape setattr({},{!r},{}(*{!r})) caused {} exception".format(
+                                shape.__class__.__name__,rlgAttr,meth.__name__,svgAttrValues,
+                                sys.exc_info()[0].__class__.__name__))
         if getattr(shape, 'fillOpacity', None) is not None and shape.fillColor:
             shape.fillColor.alpha = shape.fillOpacity
         if getattr(shape, 'strokeWidth', None) == 0:
@@ -1507,40 +1510,3 @@ def copy_shape_properties(source_shape, dest_shape):
             setattr(dest_shape, prop, val)
         except AttributeError:
             pass
-
-
-def monkeypatch_reportlab():
-    """
-    https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/issues/95/
-    ReportLab always use 'Even-Odd' filling mode for paths, this patch forces
-    RL to honor the path fill rule mode (possibly 'Non-Zero Winding') instead.
-    """
-    from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas
-    from reportlab.graphics import shapes
-
-    original_renderPath = shapes._renderPath
-
-    def patchedRenderPath(path, drawFuncs, **kwargs):
-        # Patched method to transfer fillRule from Path to PDFPathObject
-        # Get back from bound method to instance
-        try:
-            drawFuncs[0].__self__.fillMode = path._fillRule
-        except AttributeError:
-            pass
-        return original_renderPath(path, drawFuncs, **kwargs)
-    shapes._renderPath = patchedRenderPath
-
-    original_drawPath = Canvas.drawPath
-
-    def patchedDrawPath(self, path, **kwargs):
-        current = self._fillMode
-        if hasattr(path, 'fillMode'):
-            self._fillMode = path.fillMode
-        else:
-            self._fillMode = FILL_NON_ZERO
-        original_drawPath(self, path, **kwargs)
-        self._fillMode = current
-    Canvas.drawPath = patchedDrawPath
-
-
-monkeypatch_reportlab()
diff --git a/tests/samples/misc/fill-rule-evenodd.svg b/tests/samples/misc/fill-rule-evenodd.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da4fad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/samples/misc/fill-rule-evenodd.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:lang="en"
+     viewBox="0 0 540 170">
+  <title>Fill-rule shapes, with evenodd fill</title>
+  <style>
+path {
+  fill: #87cefa;
+  stroke: #8b0000;
+  stroke-width: 4;
+  fill-rule: evenodd;                  <!--1-->
+}
+text {
+  fill: indigo;
+  font: bold 18px Segoe UI, sans-serif;
+}
+  </style>
+  <g>
+    <text x="70" y="164">one sub-path</text>
+
+    <path d="M 10,5
+             l 100,10 -80,80 0,-60 80,80 -100,10 z"/>
+    <text x="5" y="144">crossing</text>               <!--2-->
+
+    <path d="M 150,5
+             l 100,10 -50,50 -30,-30 0,60 30,-30 50,50 -100,10 z"/>
+    <text x="145" y="144">reversing</text>            <!--3-->
+  </g>
+  <g>
+    <text x="350" y="164">two sub-paths</text>
+
+    <path d="M 290,5
+             l 100,10 -50,50 50,50 -100,10 z
+             m 50,60
+             l-30,30 0,-60 z" />
+    <text x="285" y="144">same-direction</text>       <!--4-->
+
+    <path d="M 430,5
+             l 100,10 -50,50 50,50 -100,10 z
+             m 50,60
+             l -30,-30 0,60 z" />
+    <text x="425" y="144">opposite</text>             <!--5-->
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/tests/samples/misc/fill-rule-nonzero.svg b/tests/samples/misc/fill-rule-nonzero.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..543ab54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/samples/misc/fill-rule-nonzero.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:lang="en"
+     viewBox="0 0 540 170">
+  <title>Fill-rule shapes, with nonzero fill</title>
+  <style>
+path {
+  fill: #87cefa;
+  stroke: #8b0000;
+  stroke-width: 4;
+  fill-rule: nonzero;
+}
+text {
+  fill: indigo;
+  font: bold 18px Segoe UI, sans-serif;
+}
+  </style>
+  <g>
+    <text x="70" y="164">one sub-path</text>
+
+    <path d="M 10,5
+             l 100,10 -80,80 0,-60 80,80 -100,10 z"/>
+    <text x="5" y="144">crossing</text>
+
+    <path d="M 150,5
+             l 100,10 -50,50 -30,-30 0,60 30,-30 50,50 -100,10 z"/>
+    <text x="145" y="144">reversing</text>
+  </g>
+  <g>
+    <text x="350" y="164">two sub-paths</text>
+
+    <path d="M 290,5
+             l 100,10 -50,50 50,50 -100,10 z
+             m 50,60
+             l-30,30 0,-60 z" />
+    <text x="285" y="144">same-direction</text>
+
+    <path d="M 430,5
+             l 100,10 -50,50 50,50 -100,10 z
+             m 50,60
+             l -30,-30 0,60 z" />
+    <text x="425" y="144">opposite</text>
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index bc3d319..728cc48 100755
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ def test_fillrule(self):
         node = minimal_svg_node('<polygon fill-rule="evenodd"/>')
         poly = Polygon()
         converter.applyStyleOnShape(poly, node)
-        assert poly._fillRule == FILL_EVEN_ODD
+        assert poly.fillMode == FILL_EVEN_ODD
 
     def test_stroke(self):
         converter = svglib.Svg2RlgShapeConverter(None)