diff --git a/gnome-menus-2.17.91-show-preferences.patch b/gnome-menus-2.17.91-show-preferences.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec45ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-menus-2.17.91-show-preferences.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- gnome-menus-2.17.91/desktop-directories/Preferences.directory.in.show-preferences	2007-02-15 19:06:24.000000000 -0500
++++ gnome-menus-2.17.91/desktop-directories/Preferences.directory.in	2007-02-15 19:06:30.000000000 -0500
+@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
+ Icon=gnome-settings
+ Type=Directory
+ Encoding=UTF-8
+-NoDisplay=true
diff --git a/gnome-menus.spec b/gnome-menus.spec
index 2f3add6..4dc4405 100644
--- a/gnome-menus.spec
+++ b/gnome-menus.spec
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 Summary:  A menu system for the GNOME project
 Name: gnome-menus
 Version: 2.17.91
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: LGPL
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.gnome.org/
 Source0: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-menus/2.17/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0: gnome-menus-2.17.91-show-preferences.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Requires:  redhat-menus >= 7.8.9-2
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= 2.6.0
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ writing applications that use the GNOME menu system.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .show-preferences
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -98,6 +100,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_includedir}/gnome-menus
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 15 2007 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.17.91-2
+- Show the Preferences menu
+
 * Tue Feb 13 2007 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.17.91-1
 - Update to 2.17.91