diff --git a/devhelp-0.13-initialize-gthread.patch b/devhelp-0.13-initialize-gthread.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3461a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devhelp-0.13-initialize-gthread.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- devhelp-0.13/src/dh-main.c.initialize-gthread	2007-04-23 15:05:15.000000000 -0400
++++ devhelp-0.13/src/dh-main.c	2007-04-23 15:05:31.000000000 -0400
+@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
+ 	bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+ 	textdomain (PACKAGE);
+ 
++	g_thread_init (NULL);
++
+ 	if (!gtk_init_with_args (&argc, &argv, NULL, options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE, &error)) {
+ 		g_printerr ("%s\n", error->message);
+ 		return 1;
diff --git a/devhelp.spec b/devhelp.spec
index fccccd8..5a782c8 100644
--- a/devhelp.spec
+++ b/devhelp.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name: devhelp
 Version: 0.13
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?dist}
 License: GPL
 Group: Development/Tools
 Summary: API document browser
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ URL: http://developer.imendio.com/projects/devhelp
 Source: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/devhelp/%{version}/devhelp-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/devhelp-%{version}-%{release}-root
 
+### Patch ###
+
+# RH bug #230837 / GNOME bug #414221
+Patch1: devhelp-0.13-initialize-gthread.patch
+
 ### Dependencies ###
 
 Requires(pre): GConf2 >= 2.14
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ Library of Devhelp for embedding into other applications
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n devhelp-%{version}
+%patch1 -p1 -b .initialize-gthread
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static
@@ -127,6 +133,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 23 2007 Matthew Barnes <mbarnes@redhat.com> - 0.13-7.fc7
+- Add patch for RH bug #230837 (initialize GThread).
+
 * Sat Apr 21 2007 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 0.13-6
 - Don't install INSTALL