diff --git a/desktop-file-utils-0.9-nogroup.patch b/desktop-file-utils-0.9-nogroup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc0b561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-file-utils-0.9-nogroup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- desktop-file-utils-0.9/src/eggdesktopentries.c.nogroup	2004-10-18 14:10:48.527841168 +0200
++++ desktop-file-utils-0.9/src/eggdesktopentries.c	2004-10-18 14:19:33.102093760 +0200
+@@ -884,6 +884,15 @@
+   gchar *key, *value, *key_end, *value_start, *locale;
+   gsize key_len, value_len;
+ 
++  if (entries->current_group->name == NULL)
++    {
++      g_set_error (error, EGG_DESKTOP_ENTRIES_ERROR,
++		   EGG_DESKTOP_ENTRIES_ERROR_BAD_START_GROUP,
++		   _("desktop entry file does not start with "
++		     "legal start group"));
++      return;
++    }
++
+   key_end = value_start = strchr (line, '=');
+ 
+   g_assert (key_end != NULL);
diff --git a/desktop-file-utils.spec b/desktop-file-utils.spec
index 14d297b..51d0b29 100644
--- a/desktop-file-utils.spec
+++ b/desktop-file-utils.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 Summary: Utilities for manipulating .desktop files
 Name: desktop-file-utils
 Version: 0.9
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils
 Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: desktop-file-utils-0.9-nogroup.patch
 License: GPL
 Group: Development/Tools
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ fixing it up in the process.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .nogroup
 
 %build
 
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/emacs/site-lisp/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 18 2004 Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com> - 0.9-2
+- Output error message instead of assertion failure (#134934)
+
 * Tue Sep 28 2004 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> 0.9-1
 - Update to 0.9, remove upstreamed patches