diff --git a/desktop-category.patch b/desktop-category.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b9171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-category.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 18e332c77647410eeaa010c9b0eeda6e65669850 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro@gnome.org>
+Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:25:13 -0500
+Subject: Put Characters in the Utilities folder
+
+https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2015-September/012912.html
+
+diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Characters.desktop.in b/data/org.gnome.Characters.desktop.in
+index df84e4f..72903b3 100644
+--- a/data/org.gnome.Characters.desktop.in
++++ b/data/org.gnome.Characters.desktop.in
+@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ Icon=gnome-characters
+ Exec=gapplication launch org.gnome.Characters
+ DBusActivatable=true
+ StartupNotify=true
+-Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;
++Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;X-GNOME-Utilities;
+ _Keywords=characters;unicode;
+-- 
+cgit v0.10.2
+
diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index 5041c71..0a0a70e 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:		gnome-characters
 Version:	3.18.0
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Summary:	Character map application for GNOME
 # Files from gtk-js-app are licensed under 3-clause BSD.
 # Other files are GPL 2.0 or later.
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ URL:		https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap
 Source0:	https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-characters/3.18/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 # Backported from upstream
 Patch0:		0001-Fix-syntax-error-in-desktop-file-keywords-Arabic-tra.patch
+Patch1:		desktop-category.patch
+Patch2:		symbolic-icon.patch
 
 # This package uses GtkWidget template, which was added in Gjs 1.43.3.
 BuildRequires:	gjs-devel >= 1.43.3, gtk3-devel, intltool, desktop-file-utils
@@ -31,8 +33,7 @@ characters.
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
+%autosetup -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -78,12 +79,16 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/gnome &>/dev/null || :
 %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas/%{appname}.gschema.xml
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/%{name}.png
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/categories/characters*.svg
+%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/%{name}-symbolic.svg
 %{_datadir}/%{appname}
 %{_datadir}/gnome-shell/search-providers/%{appname}.search-provider.ini
 %{_libdir}/%{appname}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 29 2015 Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro@gnome.org> - 3.18.0-2
+- Add symbolic icon and X-GNOME-Utilities desktop category.
+
 * Mon Sep 21 2015 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 3.18.0-1
 - Update to 3.18.0
 
diff --git a/symbolic-icon.patch b/symbolic-icon.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d5442f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symbolic-icon.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+From 2817e1e6431f0b88aad3f63a3881afc37340dcc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jakub Steiner <jimmac@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:59:21 +0200
+Subject: icons: provide a symbolic app icon
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=755474
+
+diff --git a/data/icons/Makefile.am b/data/icons/Makefile.am
+index 0abcf45..38b7ed1 100644
+--- a/data/icons/Makefile.am
++++ b/data/icons/Makefile.am
+@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ nobase_icon_DATA = \
+ 	hicolor/22x22/apps/gnome-characters.png \
+ 	hicolor/32x32/apps/gnome-characters.png \
+ 	hicolor/48x48/apps/gnome-characters.png \
+-	hicolor/256x256/apps/gnome-characters.png
++	hicolor/256x256/apps/gnome-characters.png \
++	hicolor/symbolic/apps/gnome-characters-symbolic.svg
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = $(nobase_icon_DATA) hicolor/gnome-characters.svg \
+ 	characters-stencils.svg render-symbolic.rb
+ 
+-gtk_update_icon_cache = gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t $(datadir)/icons/hicolor; gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t $(datadir)/icons/HighContrast
++gtk_update_icon_cache = gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t $(datadir)/icons/hicolor
+ 
+ install-data-hook: update-icon-cache
+ uninstall-hook: update-icon-cache
+diff --git a/data/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/gnome-characters-symbolic.svg b/data/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/gnome-characters-symbolic.svg
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..9cc37ce
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/data/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/gnome-characters-symbolic.svg
+@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
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