diff --git a/0001-cally-Use-a-weak-pointer-to-hold-the-key-focus-in-Ca.patch b/0001-cally-Use-a-weak-pointer-to-hold-the-key-focus-in-Ca.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e7b6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-cally-Use-a-weak-pointer-to-hold-the-key-focus-in-Ca.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 19391a9626b087bd4df452e8699d53caa54c350f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi@gnome.org>
+Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 15:46:25 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] cally: Use a weak pointer to hold the key focus in CallyStage
+
+We want to avoid the pointer getting stale, and causing crashes.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=692706
+---
+ clutter/cally/cally-stage.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/clutter/cally/cally-stage.c b/clutter/cally/cally-stage.c
+index 2b1cfd1..c95ccb0 100644
+--- a/clutter/cally/cally-stage.c
++++ b/clutter/cally/cally-stage.c
+@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ cally_stage_notify_key_focus_cb (ClutterStage *stage,
+       AtkObject *old = NULL;
+ 
+       if (self->priv->key_focus != NULL)
+-        old = clutter_actor_get_accessible (self->priv->key_focus);
++        {
++          g_object_remove_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (self->priv->key_focus),
++                                        (gpointer *) &self->priv->key_focus);
++          old = clutter_actor_get_accessible (self->priv->key_focus);
++        }
+       else
+         old = clutter_actor_get_accessible (CLUTTER_ACTOR (stage));
+ 
+@@ -154,7 +158,19 @@ cally_stage_notify_key_focus_cb (ClutterStage *stage,
+   self->priv->key_focus = key_focus;
+ 
+   if (key_focus != NULL)
+-    new = clutter_actor_get_accessible (key_focus);
++    {
++      /* ensure that if the key focus goes away, the field inside
++       * CallyStage is reset. see bug:
++       *
++       * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=692706
++       *
++       * we remove the weak pointer above.
++       */
++      g_object_add_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (self->priv->key_focus),
++                                 (gpointer *) &self->priv->key_focus);
++
++      new = clutter_actor_get_accessible (key_focus);
++    }
+   else
+     new = clutter_actor_get_accessible (CLUTTER_ACTOR (stage));
+ 
+-- 
+1.8.1.4
+
diff --git a/clutter.spec b/clutter.spec
index 299882d..b2469e7 100644
--- a/clutter.spec
+++ b/clutter.spec
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 
 Name:          clutter
 Version:       1.14.4
-Release:       1%{?dist}
+Release:       2%{?dist}
 Summary:       Open Source software library for creating rich graphical user interfaces
 
 Group:         Development/Libraries
 License:       LGPLv2+
 URL:           http://www.clutter-project.org/
 Source0:       http://download.gnome.org/sources/clutter/1.14/clutter-%{version}.tar.xz
+# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=692706
+Patch0:        0001-cally-Use-a-weak-pointer-to-hold-the-key-focus-in-Ca.patch
 
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel mesa-libGL-devel pkgconfig pango-devel
 BuildRequires: cairo-gobject-devel gdk-pixbuf2-devel atk-devel
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ This package contains documentation for clutter.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .cally_crash
 
 %build
 (if ! test -x configure; then NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh; CONFIGFLAGS=--enable-gtk-doc; fi;
@@ -122,6 +125,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/cally
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 17 2013 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 1.14.4-2
+- Backport an upstream patch for frequent gnome-shell crashes (#827158)
+
 * Wed May 15 2013 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1.14.4-1
 - Update to 1.14.4