diff --git a/xchat-2.8.8-glib.patch b/xchat-2.8.8-glib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0012ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xchat-2.8.8-glib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+--- src/common/text.c.orig	2012-02-25 11:05:23.890274334 -0600
++++ src/common/text.c	2012-02-25 11:05:39.006195489 -0600
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ #include <sys/mman.h>
+ 
+ #include "xchat.h"
+-#include <glib/ghash.h>
++#include <glib.h>
+ #include "cfgfiles.h"
+ #include "chanopt.h"
+ #include "plugin.h"
+--- src/common/servlist.c.orig	2012-02-25 11:04:30.601501605 -0600
++++ src/common/servlist.c	2012-02-25 11:04:42.964072823 -0600
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ 
+ #include "xchat.h"
+-#include <glib/ghash.h>
++#include <glib.h>
+ 
+ #include "cfgfiles.h"
+ #include "fe.h"
+--- src/common/dbus/dbus-client.c.orig	2012-02-25 10:59:23.948527589 -0600
++++ src/common/dbus/dbus-client.c	2012-02-25 11:00:40.082203787 -0600
+@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
+ 	GError *error = NULL;
+ 	char *command = NULL;
+ 
+-	/* GnomeVFS >=2.15 uses D-Bus and threads, so threads should be
+-	 * initialised before opening for the first time a D-Bus connection */
+-	if (!g_thread_supported ()) {
+-		g_thread_init (NULL);
+-	}
+ 	dbus_g_thread_init ();
+ 
+ 	/* if there is nothing to do, return now. */
+--- src/common/xchat.h.orig	2012-02-25 11:29:33.400499630 -0600
++++ src/common/xchat.h	2012-02-25 11:29:51.774834912 -0600
+@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
+ #include "../../config.h"
+ 
+-#include <glib/gslist.h>
+-#include <glib/glist.h>
+-#include <glib/gutils.h>
+-#include <glib/giochannel.h>
+-#include <glib/gstrfuncs.h>
++#include <glib.h>
+ #include <time.h>			/* need time_t */
+ 
+ #ifndef XCHAT_H
+--- src/common/util.c.orig	2012-02-25 11:38:29.404622998 -0600
++++ src/common/util.c	2012-02-25 11:38:51.904482615 -0600
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include "xchat.h"
+ #include "xchatc.h"
+-#include <glib/gmarkup.h>
++#include <glib.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include "util.h"
+ #include "../../config.h"
diff --git a/xchat.spec b/xchat.spec
index 40fe0da..84624e9 100644
--- a/xchat.spec
+++ b/xchat.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary:   A popular and easy to use graphical IRC (chat) client
 Name:      xchat
 Version:   2.8.8
-Release:   12%{?dist}
+Release:   13%{?dist}
 Epoch:     1
 Group:     Applications/Internet
 License:   GPLv2+
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Patch52: xchat-2.8.8-libnotify07.patch
 # link against libnotify
 # https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3280223&group_id=239&atid=100239
 Patch53: xchat-2.8.8-link-against-libnotify.patch
+# Only glib.h can be included and g_thread_init  should no longer be used
+Patch54: xchat-2.8.8-glib.patch
 BuildRequires: perl perl(ExtUtils::Embed) python-devel openssl-devel pkgconfig, tcl-devel
 BuildRequires: GConf2-devel
 BuildRequires: dbus-devel >= 0.60, dbus-glib-devel >= 0.60
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ This package contains the X-Chat plugin providing the Tcl scripting interface.
 %patch51 -p1 -b .freenode-ports
 %patch52 -p1 -b .libnotify07
 %patch53 -p1 -b .link-against-libnotify
+%patch54 -p0 -b .glib
 
 sed -i -e 's/#define GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED//g' src/fe-gtk/*.c
 
@@ -184,6 +187,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/xchat/plugins/tcl.so
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 25 2012 Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> - 1:2.8.8-13
+- Adjust to glib changes so that xchat will build again
+
 * Sat Jan 14 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1:2.8.8-12
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild