diff --git a/desktop-file-utils-0.14-make-icon-extension-non-fatal.patch b/desktop-file-utils-0.14-make-icon-extension-non-fatal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e96912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-file-utils-0.14-make-icon-extension-non-fatal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up desktop-file-utils-0.14/src/validate.c.make-icon-extension-non-fatal desktop-file-utils-0.14/src/validate.c
+--- desktop-file-utils-0.14/src/validate.c.make-icon-extension-non-fatal	2007-12-06 21:52:11.000000000 -0500
++++ desktop-file-utils-0.14/src/validate.c	2007-12-06 21:52:39.000000000 -0500
+@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ handle_icon_key (kf_validator *kf,
+   if (g_str_has_suffix (value, ".png") ||
+       g_str_has_suffix (value, ".xpm") ||
+       g_str_has_suffix (value, ".svg")) {
+-    print_fatal (kf, "value \"%s\" for key \"%s\" in group \"%s\" is an icon "
++    print_warning (kf, "value \"%s\" for key \"%s\" in group \"%s\" is an icon "
+                      "name with an extension, but there should be no extension "
+                      "as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the "
+                      "value is not an absolute path\n",
diff --git a/desktop-file-utils.spec b/desktop-file-utils.spec
index 7e87876..8dab2c3 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: 0.14
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils
 Source0: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12018
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ BuildRequires: emacs
 
 Obsoletes: desktop-file-validator
 
+Patch0: desktop-file-utils-0.14-make-icon-extension-non-fatal.patch
+
 %description
 .desktop files are used to describe an application for inclusion in
 GNOME or KDE menus.  This package contains desktop-file-validate which
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ fixing it up in the process.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .make-icon-extension-non-fatal
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -43,6 +46,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/emacs/site-lisp/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec  6 2007 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> 0.14-2
+- make icon extension a warning not an error
+
 * Fri Nov 30 2007 Christopher Stone <chris.stone@gmail.com> 0.14-1
 - Upstream sync
 - Remove no longer needed short option patch