diff --git a/desktop-file-utils-0.12-make-vendor-optional.patch b/desktop-file-utils-0.12-make-vendor-optional.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ed9b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-file-utils-0.12-make-vendor-optional.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- desktop-file-utils-0.12/src/install.c   18 Apr 2006 22:08:10 -0000      1.18
++++ desktop-file-utils-0.12/src/install.c   2 Feb 2007 19:43:27 -0000
+@@ -96,12 +96,10 @@ process_one_file (const char *filename,
+   GError *rebuild_error;
+   GSList *tmp;
+   
+-  g_assert (vendor_name);
+-
+   dirname = g_path_get_dirname (filename);
+   basename = g_path_get_basename (filename);
+   
+-  if (!g_str_has_prefix (basename, vendor_name))
++  if (vendor_name && !g_str_has_prefix (basename, vendor_name))
+     {
+       char *new_base;
+       new_base = g_strconcat (vendor_name, "-", basename, NULL);
+@@ -564,12 +562,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+   if (vendor_name == NULL)
+     vendor_name = g_strdup (g_getenv ("DESKTOP_FILE_VENDOR"));
+   
+-  if (vendor_name == NULL)
+-    {
+-      g_printerr (_("Must specify the vendor namespace for these files with --vendor\n"));
+-      return 1;
+-    }
+-
+   if (copy_generic_name_to_name && copy_name_to_generic_name)
+     {
+       g_printerr (_("Specifying both --copy-name-to-generic-name and --copy-generic-name-to-name at once doesn't make much sense.\n"));
+
+
diff --git a/desktop-file-utils.spec b/desktop-file-utils.spec
index dbee24d..ef56c22 100644
--- a/desktop-file-utils.spec
+++ b/desktop-file-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Utilities for manipulating .desktop files
 Name: desktop-file-utils
 Version: 0.12
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils
 Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 License: GPL
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ BuildRequires: emacs
 
 Obsoletes: desktop-file-validator
 
+Patch0: desktop-file-utils-0.12-make-vendor-optional.patch
+
 %description
 .desktop files are used to describe an application for inclusion in
 GNOME or KDE menus.  This package contains desktop-file-validate which
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ fixing it up in the process.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .make-vendor-optional
 
 %build
 
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications || :
 %{_datadir}/emacs/site-lisp/
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 28 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> - 0.12-2
+- make --vendor optional
+
 * Tue Nov 28 2006 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> - 0.12-1
 - Update to 0.12