diff --git a/0001-Do-not-trigger-an-inotity-event-when-the-AppStream-X.patch b/0001-Do-not-trigger-an-inotity-event-when-the-AppStream-X.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..966147e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Do-not-trigger-an-inotity-event-when-the-AppStream-X.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From f3398f8e48203246d6346b5c7c4ec5ea065181e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
+Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:01:49 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not trigger an inotity event when the AppStream XML data
+ is unchanged
+
+We already call dnf_utils_refresh_repo_appstream() on startup, but only as
+required. Remove the unconditional copy to speed up gnome-software startup.
+---
+ backends/dnf/pk-backend-dnf.c | 7 -------
+ 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/backends/dnf/pk-backend-dnf.c b/backends/dnf/pk-backend-dnf.c
+index 779896c2d..503a6eb0a 100644
+--- a/backends/dnf/pk-backend-dnf.c
++++ b/backends/dnf/pk-backend-dnf.c
+@@ -565,13 +565,6 @@ dnf_utils_add_remote (PkBackendJob *job,
+ 	if (!ret)
+ 		return FALSE;
+ 
+-	/* update the AppStream copies in /var */
+-	for (guint i = 0; i < repos->len; i++) {
+-		DnfRepo *repo = g_ptr_array_index (repos, i);
+-		if (!dnf_utils_refresh_repo_appstream (repo, error))
+-			return FALSE;
+-	}
+-
+ 	/* done */
+ 	if (!dnf_state_done (state, error))
+ 		return FALSE;
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/PackageKit.spec b/PackageKit.spec
index 9227104..f6cb724 100644
--- a/PackageKit.spec
+++ b/PackageKit.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Summary:   Package management service
 Name:      PackageKit
 Version:   1.1.12
-Release:   9%{?dist}
+Release:   10%{?dist}
 License:   GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 URL:       http://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
 Source0:   http://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Patch2:    0001-offline-update-Use-new-plymouth-system-upgrade-and-r.patch
 # https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7445
 Patch3:    0001-dnf-Don-t-override-DnfContext-s-release_ver-for-the-.patch
 
+# https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit/pull/330
+Patch4:    0001-Do-not-trigger-an-inotity-event-when-the-AppStream-X.patch
+
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
 BuildRequires: xmlto
 BuildRequires: gtk-doc
@@ -340,6 +343,10 @@ systemctl disable packagekit-offline-update.service > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_datadir}/vala/vapi/packagekit-glib2.vapi
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 19 2019 Richard Hughes <rhughes@redhat.com> - 1.1.12-10
+- Do not trigger an inotity event when the AppStream XML data is unchanged
+- Remove the unconditional copy to speed up gnome-software startup.
+
 * Fri Jul 12 2019 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1.1.12-9
 - Drop unused comps-extras requires