diff --git a/appinfo.patch b/appinfo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff78a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appinfo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff -up glib-2.16.3/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c.appinfo glib-2.16.3/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
+--- glib-2.16.3/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c.appinfo	2008-04-09 10:57:31.000000000 -0400
++++ glib-2.16.3/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c	2008-04-09 10:57:43.000000000 -0400
+@@ -1514,7 +1514,6 @@ g_app_info_create_from_commandline (cons
+     info->exec = g_strconcat (commandline, " %u", NULL);
+   else
+     info->exec = g_strconcat (commandline, " %f", NULL);
+-  info->comment = g_strdup_printf (_("Custom definition for %s"), info->name);
+   info->nodisplay = TRUE;
+   info->binary = binary_from_exec (info->exec);
+   
+@@ -1530,6 +1529,7 @@ g_app_info_create_from_commandline (cons
+       if (info->name == NULL)
+ 	info->name = g_strdup ("custom");
+     }
++  info->comment = g_strdup_printf (_("Custom definition for %s"), info->name);
+   
+   return G_APP_INFO (info);
+ }
diff --git a/glib2.spec b/glib2.spec
index 9886a9b..f805f40 100644
--- a/glib2.spec
+++ b/glib2.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: A library of handy utility functions
 Name: glib2
 Version: 2.16.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.gtk.org
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ BuildRequires: libselinux-devel
 # for sys/inotify.h
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
 
+# fix a possible crasher, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527132
+Patch0: appinfo.patch
+
 %description 
 GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis
 for projects such as GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ of version 2 of the GLib library.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n glib-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1 -b .appinfo
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-gtk-doc --enable-static 
@@ -122,6 +126,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/lib*.a
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr  9 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.16.3-2
+- Fix a possible crash in application launching (bgo#527132)
+
 * Tue Apr  8 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.16.3-1
 - Update to 2.16.3