diff --git a/0001-Ensure-we-cancel-background-transactions-when-an-int.patch b/0001-Ensure-we-cancel-background-transactions-when-an-int.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b625d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Ensure-we-cancel-background-transactions-when-an-int.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From b8882ca4019d2ffe4a4d9fd980aa75bbabf523d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
+Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:53:37 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Ensure we cancel background transactions when an interactive
+ transaction is scheduled
+
+---
+ src/pk-transaction-list.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/pk-transaction-list.c b/src/pk-transaction-list.c
+index a4584cc..605733d 100644
+--- a/src/pk-transaction-list.c
++++ b/src/pk-transaction-list.c
+@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ pk_transaction_list_commit (PkTransactionList *tlist, const gchar *tid)
+ 	 * transaction foreground? */
+ 	ret = pk_conf_get_bool (tlist->priv->conf,
+ 				"CancelBackgroundTransactions");
+-	if (!ret) {
++	if (ret) {
+ 		if (!item->background && pk_transaction_list_get_background_running (tlist)) {
+ 			g_debug ("cancelling running background transactions and instead running %s",
+ 				item->tid);
+-- 
+1.7.12
+
diff --git a/PackageKit.spec b/PackageKit.spec
index 0562c65..109787e 100644
--- a/PackageKit.spec
+++ b/PackageKit.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary:   Package management service
 Name:      PackageKit
 Version:   0.8.3
-Release:   3%{?dist}
+Release:   4%{?dist}
 License:   GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 URL:       http://www.packagekit.org
 Source0:   http://www.packagekit.org/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Patch4: PackageKit-0.7.4-xulrunner2.patch
 # Upstream: work around an API break in yum
 Patch5: 0001-yum-Work-around-a-yum-API-break-so-that-resolving-st.patch
 
+# Upstream: fix a bug preventing background transactions being cancelled
+Patch6: 0001-Ensure-we-cancel-background-transactions-when-an-int.patch
+
 Requires: %{name}-glib%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: PackageKit-backend
 Requires: shared-mime-info
@@ -258,6 +261,7 @@ user to restart the computer or remove and re-insert the device.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .no-time
 %patch4 -p1 -b .xulrunner2
 %patch5 -p1 -b .yum-api-break
+%patch6 -p1 -b .background-transactions
 NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 
 %build
@@ -470,6 +474,10 @@ update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime &> /dev/null || :
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/packagekit-plugin.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 18 2012 Richard Hughes  <rhughes@redhat.com> - 0.8.3-4
+- Ensure we cancel background transactions when an interactive
+  transaction is scheduled.
+
 * Mon Sep 07 2012 Richard Hughes  <rhughes@redhat.com> - 0.8.3-3
 - Rework the manaully added requires so that PackageKit-glib doesn't
   pull in so many deps.