diff --git a/xchat-2.6.0-dbus-api.patch b/xchat-2.6.0-dbus-api.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e76120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xchat-2.6.0-dbus-api.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- xchat-2.6.0/plugins/dbus/dbus-plugin.c.dbus-api	2005-12-01 20:14:15.000000000 -0500
++++ xchat-2.6.0/plugins/dbus/dbus-plugin.c	2005-12-01 20:14:35.000000000 -0500
+@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
+ 
+   if (!dbus_g_proxy_call (bus_proxy, "RequestName", &error,
+                           G_TYPE_STRING, DBUS_SERVICE,
+-                          G_TYPE_UINT, DBUS_NAME_FLAG_PROHIBIT_REPLACEMENT,
++                          G_TYPE_UINT, 0,
+                           G_TYPE_INVALID,
+                           G_TYPE_UINT, &request_name_result,
+                           G_TYPE_INVALID))
diff --git a/xchat.spec b/xchat.spec
index 68a8388..46fd620 100644
--- a/xchat.spec
+++ b/xchat.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Patch33: xchat-2.4.3-im_context_filter_keypress.patch
 # filed as 1262423 in the xchat bug tracker
 Patch34: xchat-2.4.4-unrealize.patch
 
+Patch35: xchat-2.6.0-dbus-api.patch
 
 BuildRequires: perl python-devel openssl-devel pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: GConf2-devel
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ System.
 %endif
 %patch33 -p1 -b .im_context_filter_keypress
 %patch34 -p1 -b .unrealize
+%patch35 -p1 -b .dbus-api
 
 %build
 # Remove CVS files from source dirs so they're not installed into doc dirs.