diff --git a/apper-0.9.1-pk_cache_age.patch b/apper-0.9.1-pk_cache_age.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d4344e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apper-0.9.1-pk_cache_age.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+diff -up apper-0.9.1/apperd/RefreshCacheTask.cpp.pk_cache_age apper-0.9.1/apperd/RefreshCacheTask.cpp
+--- apper-0.9.1/apperd/RefreshCacheTask.cpp.pk_cache_age	2014-08-25 13:51:50.000000000 -0500
++++ apper-0.9.1/apperd/RefreshCacheTask.cpp	2015-04-27 14:25:21.663347177 -0500
+@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ RefreshCacheTask::RefreshCacheTask(QObje
+     QObject(parent),
+     m_transaction(0),
+     m_notification(0),
+-    m_lastError(Transaction::ErrorUnknown)
++    m_lastError(Transaction::ErrorUnknown),
++    m_cacheAge (3600);
+ {
+ }
+ 
+@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ void RefreshCacheTask::refreshCache()
+     if (!m_transaction) {
+         // Refresh Cache is false otherwise it will rebuild
+         // the whole cache on Fedora
++        Daemon::setHints (QLatin1String("cache-age=")+QString::number(m_cacheAge));
+         m_transaction = Daemon::refreshCache(false);
+         connect(m_transaction, SIGNAL(finished(PackageKit::Transaction::Exit,uint)),
+                 this, SLOT(refreshCacheFinished(PackageKit::Transaction::Exit,uint)));
+diff -up apper-0.9.1/apperd/RefreshCacheTask.h.pk_cache_age apper-0.9.1/apperd/RefreshCacheTask.h
+--- apper-0.9.1/apperd/RefreshCacheTask.h.pk_cache_age	2014-08-25 13:51:50.000000000 -0500
++++ apper-0.9.1/apperd/RefreshCacheTask.h	2015-04-27 14:24:13.004451853 -0500
+@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ private:
+     Transaction *m_transaction;
+     KNotification *m_notification;
+     Transaction::Error m_lastError;
++    uint m_cacheAge;
+     QString m_lastErrorString;
+ };
+ 
+diff -up apper-0.9.1/ApperKCM/ApperKCM.cpp.pk_cache_age apper-0.9.1/ApperKCM/ApperKCM.cpp
+--- apper-0.9.1/ApperKCM/ApperKCM.cpp.pk_cache_age	2014-08-25 13:51:50.000000000 -0500
++++ apper-0.9.1/ApperKCM/ApperKCM.cpp	2015-04-27 14:22:58.971449606 -0500
+@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ ApperKCM::ApperKCM(QWidget *parent, cons
+     m_findIcon("edit-find"),
+     m_cancelIcon("dialog-cancel"),
+     m_forceRefreshCache(false),
++    m_cacheAge(600)
+     m_history(0),
+     m_searchRole(Transaction::RoleUnknown)
+ {
+@@ -760,6 +761,7 @@ void ApperKCM::refreshCache()
+     PkTransactionWidget *transactionW = new PkTransactionWidget(this);
+     connect(transactionW, SIGNAL(titleChangedProgress(QString)), this, SIGNAL(caption(QString)));
+     QPointer<PkTransaction> transaction = new PkTransaction(transactionW);
++    Daemon::setHints (QLatin1String("cache-age=")+QString::number(m_cacheAge));
+     transaction->refreshCache(m_forceRefreshCache);
+     transactionW->setTransaction(transaction, Transaction::RoleRefreshCache);
+ 
+diff -up apper-0.9.1/ApperKCM/ApperKCM.h.pk_cache_age apper-0.9.1/ApperKCM/ApperKCM.h
+--- apper-0.9.1/ApperKCM/ApperKCM.h.pk_cache_age	2014-08-25 13:51:50.000000000 -0500
++++ apper-0.9.1/ApperKCM/ApperKCM.h	2015-04-27 14:22:01.562706932 -0500
+@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ private:
+     FiltersMenu *m_filtersMenu;
+     Transaction::Roles m_roles;
+     bool m_forceRefreshCache;
++    uint m_cacheAge;
+ 
+     TransactionHistory *m_history;
+ 
diff --git a/apper.spec b/apper.spec
index 155cacf..ae03de0 100644
--- a/apper.spec
+++ b/apper.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 Name:    apper
 Version: 0.9.1
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 Summary: KDE interface for PackageKit
 
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Patch26: 0026-Let-the-Backend-to-return-an-error-if-it-doesn-t-sup.patch
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877038
 # http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315063
 Patch50: apper-0.9.1-allow_deps.patch
+# explicitly set PackageKit cache-age parameter, since PK defaults to something silly like inifinity.
+Patch51: apper-0.9.1-pk_cache_age.patch
 
 Obsoletes: kpackagekit < 0.7.0
 Provides:  kpackagekit = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -157,6 +159,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 27 2015 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 0.9.1-9
+- Apper won't check for updates (#1188207)
+
 * Wed Apr 22 2015 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.1-8
 - Requires: plasma-pk-updates (#1214397)
 - use %%{?kde_runtime_requires} macro